As concerns rise about the incarceration of accessories to murder for increasingly long periods of time, Dr Felicity Gerry KC and Professor Matthew Dyson (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) consider the current substantive law of complicity, and where it could be improved.
The focus is on the physical components of the crime and will suggest there are the tools available in the law already to improve the law, particularly picking out the need for a substantial contribution by the accomplice, and a sufficiently high level of fault.
This is part of our ongoing series of Libertas Webinars - more information can be found at our website: www.libertaschambers.com