Strict Liability

• Sweet v Parsley - strict liability

  The defendant, a teacher, lent out her cottage to students. She would occasionally return for letters and rent. Unknown to her, students have been using the cottage to smoke cannabis
• Gammon (Hong Kong) Ltd V Attorney - set out a general criteria for a crime to be considered strictly liable
• Alphacell V Woodward - Encourages vigilance on the part of the business and means the law is protecting the public at the same time.

  A papermaker factory had polluted a local river when their pumps broke down. This is an offence against the Rivers Act 1951
• Smedleys V Breed - health and safety of the public is important

  Four cans of peas were found to contain caterpillars which goes against the food and drugs act 1955
• The borough of Harrow v Shah - social concern allowing a young person to gamble

  Lottery tickets were sold to someone who was under 16