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Criminal Law Assignment MSC Forensic Accounting Paul Senior Student ID: 14031395 January 2008 CONTENTS Page(s) 1. Introduction 3 2. Intention in English Law 4 3. Analysis of Cases 5 3.1. Moloney 5 3.2. Hancock & Shankland 7 3.3. Nedrick 8 3.4. Walker & Hayles 9 3.5. Woolin 10 4. Conclusions 11 5. References, Table of Cases and Table of Statutes 12 1. Introduction Moloney and its progeny do not reflect creditably on English law...Because there is no set definition, unmeritorious defendants may win appeals against judges' directions when they might not have been able to even bring an appeal had the law been clear. (Jefferson, 2007, p104) In Jefferson's statement above, he refers to concerns at the confusion evident in English law surrounding specific terms used in murder trials. Jefferson believes that the lack of clarity of the law in relation to intention could result in unmeritorious defendants launching, and subsequently winning appeals against their convictions, and that had the House of Lords clarified the law, such results could be avoided. Intention is defined by the Oxford dictionary of...

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