Joint Enterprise

The Supreme Court has determined that a participant in a joint enterprise which resulted in a serious assault and robbery failed to take steps to withdraw which were sufficiently proportionate to his role in planning the crime. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Iseult O’Mal

The Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of two men who were found guilty of murder under the doctrine of joint enterprise. The two appellants had been present at the time and had assisted a third man in the aftermath of the killing. However, the court held that, on the specific facts of t