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Criminal Law View Online
David McArdle
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BOOKS & RESEARCH (6 items)
Compulsary Text
Criminal Law - Timothy H. Jones, Ian Taggart, (2015.) Book
You might also benefit from owning, or at least sharing access to, the following:
Criminal law - Clare Connelly, 2013 Book
A casebook on Scottish criminal law - Christopher H. W. Gane, James Chalmers, Charles N. Stoddart, 2009 Book
Journals and other important resources
Although textbooks are still an important source for research, journals have become more and more important in recent years. Many journals are online and can be accessed via Westlaw, LexisNexis and HeinOnline. Books, case reports and journals are also located in the law reference area, law general area and European Union materials, all sited on level three of the Library.
You can access most of the online resources from the Law Subject Guide: http://libguide.stir.ac.uk/law
In particular an authoritative and comprehensive reference statement of Scots law can be found in 'Laws of Scotland' which is also known as the 'Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia' and is available onine in LexisLibrary or in print in the Library (level 3 law reference section JD 0.3 STA) The online version has many clickable links to cases.
CASES (1 items)
Asterisked cases are cases that are specifically covered in seminars so you need to make sure you have read and understood them in advance of class, and are prepared to discuss their facts, the judgment and the ratio of the case.
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Students are required to use their research skills to access the following cases in Westlaw, Lexis, HeinOnline and other legal databases which are available on the Law Subject Guide (http://libguide.stir.ac.uk/law). If you would like help to access the cases contact the library to make an appointment with the law librarians ([email protected]).
Introduction and sources
Strathern v. Seaforth 1926 SLT
445
Sugden v HM Advocate 1934 SLT 465
*Khaliq v. HM Advocate 1984 SLT 137
*Lord Advocate's Reference No 1 of 2001 2002 SLT 466
*Webster v Dominick 2005 JC 65
Mens rea and actus reus
*Byrne v HM Advocate (No 2) 2000 SLT 233
*Roberts v Hamilton 1989 SLT 399
*R v Instan [1893] 1 QB 450
*Paterson v Lees 1999 JC 159
*Macphail v Clark 1983 SLT (Sh Ct) 37
*McCue v Currie 2004 SLT 858
Kimmins v Normand 1993 SLT 1260
Bone v HM Advocate 2006 SLT 164
HM Advocate v McPhee 1935 SLT 179
Sutherland v HM Advocate 1994 SLT 634
Lord Advocate's Reference No 1 of 2000 2001 SLT 507
Quinn v Cunningham 19 SLT 555
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Petto v HM Advocate 2011 SLT 1043
Cameron v Maguire 1999 JC 63
Robson v Spiers 1999 SLT 1141
Robertson v Klos 2006 SCCR 52
McKenzie v HM Advocate 1997 SLT 758
Voluntary acts, automatism
Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1968] 3 All ER 442
*Brennan v HM Advocate 1977 JC 38
*Ross v HM Advocate 1991 SLT 564
*Sorley v HM Advocate 1992 SLT 1161
R v Sullivan [1983] 2 All ER 673
R v Kemp [1956] 3 All ER 249
*Carmichael v Boyle 1985 SLT 399
R v Burgess [1991] 2 All ER 769
*Finegan v Heywood 2000 SLT 905
HM Advocate v Cunningham 1963 SLT 345
Causation
*Finlayson v HM Advocate 1979 JC 33
*Khaliq v HM Advocate 1984 SLT 137
*HM Advocate v Tannahill and Neilson 1944 SLT 118
*Heywood v Reid 1996 SLT 378
*Docherty v Brown 1996 JC 48
Hendry v HM Advocate 1988 SLT 25 634
Lourie v HM Advocate 1988 SCCR
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R v Blaue. [1975] 3 All ER 446
McDonald v HM Advocate 2007 SCCR 10
Lord Advocate's Reference (No 1 of 1994) 1995 SLT 248
R v Smith [1959] 2 All ER 193
MacAngus v HM Advocate 2009 SLT 137
Kane v HM Advocate 1997 SLT 1274
Attempt offences
*Cawthorne v HM Advocate 1968 SLT 330
*McGregor v HM Advocate 1973 SCCR Supp 54
*Lord Advocate's Reference (No 2 of 1992) 1993 JC 43
Gilmour v McClennan 1993 SCCR 837
Guthrie v Friel 1993 SLT 899
*Barrett v Allan 1986 SCCR 479
*Strachan v HM Advocate 1994 SCCR 341
*Burns v Allan 1987 SCCR 449
*Andrew v HM Advocate 2000 SLT 402
*Melvin v HM Advocate 1984 SLT 365
*Malone v HM Advocate 1988 SCCR 498
*Walker and Raiker v HM Advocate 1985 SLT 245
*Boyne v HM Advocate 1980 SLT 56
*Brown v HM Advocate 1993 SCCR 382
*McKinnon v HM Advocate 2003 SLT 281
Conspiracy etc
*Khalid v HM Advocate 1990 JC 37
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*Coleman v HM Advocate 1999 SLT 1261
*Bonar and Hogg v McLeod. 1983 SCCR 161
*Melvin v HM Advocate 1984 SLT 365
*Malone v HM Advocate 1988 498R
*Walker and Raiker v HMI 1985 SCCR 150
*Boyne v HM Advocate 1980 SLT 56
*Brown v HM Advocate 1993 SCCR 382
*Sayers v HM Advocate 1982 SLT 220
*Baxter v HM Advocate 1998 SLT 414
Defences
HM Advocate v Doherty 1954 SLT 169
Fenning v HM Advocate 1985 SLT 540
McCluskey v HM Advocate 1959 SLT 215
Elliot v HM Advocate 1987 SCCR 278
Boyle v HM Advocate 1980 SLT 56
HM Advocate v Pearson (1967) Supp 20
Surman v HM Advocate 1988 SLT 371
Dewar v HM Advocate 2009 SLT 670
Lord Advocate's Reference (No 1 of 2001) 2002 SLT 466
Brennan v HM Advocate 1977 SLT 151
Finegan v Heywood 2000 SLT 905
Cochrane v Her Majesty's Advocate 2001 SCCR 655
Her Majesty's Advocate v McCallum (1977) SCCR Supp 169
Thomson v Her Majesty's Advocate 1983 SLT 682
Lord Advocate's Reference (No 1 of 2000) 2001 SLT 507
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Crimes against the person
Lord Advocate's Reference No 2 of 1992
*Galbraith v HM Advocate 2001 SLT 953
*Ross v HM Advocate 1991 SLT 564
*Flynn v HM Advocate 1995 SLT 1267
*McKay v HM Advocate 1992 SLT 138
Gilmour v McLennan1993 SCCR 837
Roberts v Hamilton 1989 SLT 399
Smart v Her Majesty's Advocate 1975 SLT 65
Meek v HMA 1983 SLT 280
Drury v HMA 2001 SLT 1013
Her Majesty's Advocate v Harris [1993] SLT 963
Normand v Robinson1994 SLT 558
Khaliq v HMA 1984 SLT 137
Ulhaq v HMA 1991 SLT 614
Elsherski v HMA [2011] HCJAC 100
Reset, fraud and related offences
Latta v Herron(1967) SCCR Supp 18
Friel v Docherty 1990 SCCR 351
Watt v Annan 1990 SCCR 55
Cassidy v McLeod 1981 SCCR 270
Her Majesty's Advocate v Richards 1971 SLT 115
Buchman v Normand 1994 SCR 929
Mackenzie v Skeen 1972 SLT 15
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Crimes against property
HMA v Wilson
Allan v Paterson
John v Donnelly
Blane v HMA
Byrne v HMA
McCue v Currie
Public order and 'morality' offences
Hancock v Her Majesty's Advocate 1981 SCCR 32
Kilpatrick v Her Majesty's Advocate 1992 JC 120
Coleman v Her Majesty's Advocate 1999 SLT 1252
*Hughes v Crowe 1993 SCR 320
*Kinnaird v Higson 2001 SCCR 427
* Young v Heatly 1959 SLT 250
McDonald v Heywood 2002 SCR 92
Alexander v Smith 1984 SLT 176
Harris v Her Majesty's Advocate 2009 SLT 1078
Ralston v Her Majesty's Advocate 1989 SLT 474
Watt v Annan 1990 SCCR 55
Webster v Dominick 2003 SLT 975
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