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R v Rahman

[2008] UKHL 45; [2009] 1 AC 129; [2008] 3 WLR 264; [2008] 4 All ER 351
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year2008
StatusBinding authority

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

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