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“Instead of clarifying the law on foresight and intention, the judgement in Woollin has lead to further confusion” Discuss with reference to the relevant case law and underlying principles
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"Instead of clarifying the law on foresight and intention, the judgement in Woollin has lead to further confusion" Discuss with reference to the relevant case law and underlying principles The subject of foresight and intention in the criminal law is, as the title question illustrates, a problematic and confusing area of the criminal law. A crucial part of understanding the issues surrounding this area of the law is to analyse its development throughout the years and to highlight crucial advances in the field of foresight and intention, their consequences and a subsequent clarity or lack of clarity which the law has gained from such developments. The incremental development of the criminal law in regard to foresight and intention has had a rocky and uncomfortable route resulting in the position we have today under the much deliberated case of Woollin1. The subject of intention is divided into two sub categories, that of 'direct...
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