Assisting and Encouraging Crime

A project to reform the law governing the criminal liability of those who encourage or assist others to commit offences.

Our first report - Inchoate Liability for Assisting and Encouraging Crime - was published on 11 July 2006. A press release is also available.

The recommendations were reflected in Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007.

Our second, and final, report, dealing with secondary liability - Participating in Crime - was published on 10 May 2007, together with two draft Bills. A press release is also available.

Background information

The consultation paper was published in July 1993 (LCCP 131). To get a copy of the paper, contact TSO.

For more information, contact the criminal law team or go the team page.

NOTE - We are happy to provide information about our projects. However, we cannot give legal advice or deal with individual cases. Nor do we help with student assignments.