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R v Rahman
[2008] UKHL 45; [2009] 1 AC 129; [2008] 3 WLR 264; [2008] 4 All ER 351
Key Principle
On the law as it then stood, a secondary party to a joint enterprise was liable for murder if he foresaw that the principal might act with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm; the principal's undisclosed intention did not of itself take the act outside the scope of the common purpose.
Area of Law
c
Related Cases
R v H R v H; R v C [2004] UKHL 3; [2004] 2 AC 134; [2004] 1 All ER 1269
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