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UK: Joint enterprise law misinterpreted for 30 years, Supreme Court rules

18 February 2016

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"The law which has allowed people to be convicted of murder even if they did not inflict the fatal blow has been wrongly interpreted for more than 30 years, the Supreme Court has ruled. The joint enterprise law has been used to convict people in gang-related cases if defendants "could" have foreseen violent acts by their associates. However, judges ruled it was wrong to treat "foresight" as a sufficient test. Their decision could pave the way for hundreds of prisoners to seek appeals.

The ruling came after a panel of five Supreme Court judges considered the case of Ameen Jogee, who had been convicted under joint enterprise of the murder of former Leicestershire police officer Paul Fyfe in 2011."

See the article: Joint enterprise law misinterpreted for 30 years, Supreme Court rules (BBC News, link)

See also: Judgment (pdf) and: Supreme Court abolishes “wrong turn” Joint Enterprise law – Diarmaid Laffan (UK Human Rights Blog, link)

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