Joint Enterprise and Murder

摘要

It has been said that the law relating to joint enterprise is complex, controversial and harsh.~1 This comment will explain why this is so when considering the relationship between joint enterprise and murder. The term 'complicity' will be used here as a general term encompassing aid, abet, counsel or procure (i.e. accessorial liability)~2 ami joint enterprise. To keep this comment at a reasonable length some knowledge of law of complicity will be assumed. The issue of complicity arises when two or more persons are involved in committing of a criminal offence.