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R v Pembliton

(1874) LR 2 CCR 119; (1874-75) LR 2 CCR 119 (Court for Crown Cases Reserved)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt for Crown Cases Reserved
Year1874
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Transferred malice does not operate across different kinds of offence; an intention to harm a person cannot supply the mens rea for malicious damage to property.

Area of Law

c

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R v Rahman [2008] UKHL 45; [2009] 1 AC 129; [2008] 3 WLR 264; [2008] 4 All ER 351

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