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Sherras v De Rutzen

[1895] 1 QB 918 (QBD)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtQueen's Bench Division (England)
Year1895
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

There is a presumption that mens rea is an essential ingredient of every statutory offence, displaceable only by the words of the statute or the subject-matter with which it deals; absent such displacement, an honest and reasonable mistake of fact is a defence.

Area of Law

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