Australia Leading Case uncategorized

Miller v The Queen (1980)

[1980] HCA 38; (1980) 55 ALJR 23

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1980

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A party to a common criminal purpose is liable for a crime committed by another participant where that crime was contemplated as a possible incident of carrying out the agreed enterprise.

Area of Law

Related Cases

Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; (2016) 259 CLR 380 (Miller v The Queen; Smith v The Queen; Presley v DPP (SA))

Vines v ASIC [2007] NSWCA 75; (2007) 73 NSWLR 451

Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 71; (2005) 224 CLR 656

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