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United Kingdom Leading Case recklessnessmalicesection 23 24

R v Cunningham

[1957] 2 QB 396
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
Year1957
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

'Maliciously' in a statutory offence requires subjective foresight: intention, or recklessness in the sense that the accused foresaw the particular kind of harm and went on to take the risk.

Area of Law

Criminal Law, Procedure & Evidence

Related Cases

R v G and R [2003] UKHL 50; [2004] 1 AC 1034
R v Looseley; Attorney General's Reference (No 3 of 2000) [2001] UKHL 53; [2001] 1 WLR 2060
R v Howe [1987] UKHL 17; [1987] AC 417

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