Criminal Law: Understanding the UK Legal System and Its Application in Various Cases

Criminal law

INTRODUCTION
Crime is defined as an act or omissions which makes person liable. Under common law,
criminal code is established to penalise the criminal and provide general principles of criminal
liability . It provides various offences and punishment to reduce the crime rates. Criminal law is
substantive law that ensures definition of many kinds of offences and related punishment.
Criminal law is mixture of various sources including common law and statute. Criminal law is a
body of principles and regulation to provide fair trials to the victim and impart justice by free
trial. Criminal law purposes to enforce and implement the criminal justice system to ensure
better administration of legal system in the UK. The majority of provisions are provided by the
statute along with certain exception This report will examine the United Kingdom legal system
of criminology and its application in many cases.
Task 1
In the given situation, Leon consumed alcohol and entered into shop , cut his hands and then
run away. Leon is an offender of extreme intoxication, he will bear criminal liability due to
excessive intoxication of alcohol. The report was established on the recommendation of law
commission to draft the criminal law bill in the year 1995 to cover various aspect of offences
against the intoxication. According to the UK common law, there are two kinds of intoxication
including voluntary and non voluntary intoxication. Voluntary intoxication defines the
involvement of any other person who encourage or force the perpetrator. The Court examine the
special intent of the person to involve in such act. The liability arises on the person for voluntary
intoxication under Part 2 of the Serious crime Act, 2007. The jury will first examine the actus rea
and mens rea of the parties . The landmark judgement was made in the case of DPP v Majewsi
[1977] AC 443, the Court has defined it as Majewski rule , where test of intoxication has been
examined to determine the nature of the risk. The Court looks into intention , knowledge, belief
and dishonesty in case of voluntary intoxication. In the case of Jaggard v. Dickinson [1981] 1
QB 527, paras 2.94 to 2.96, the Divisional Court held that section 1
(1) of the Criminal Damages Act, 1971 provides self induced intoxication does not give power to
take defence in section 5(2). The Court was also applied the majewski rule in this matter to
distinct between basic intent and specific intent of the intoxicated person. Section 8 of the
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