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Sweet v Parsley (1970)

Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:38 2006

This case ([1970] AC 132) demonstrates that courts will often presume against the assumption that a statute creates an offence of StrictLiability. The specific statute, the DangerousDrugsAct1965, makes it an offence to manage a premises used for the purpose of smoking cannabis. It was held by the House of Lords that the word `purpose' here implied an element of mens rea, although it is not clear from the statute that the manager of the premises must `purpose' anything. Courts have not always taken this approach in cases where it is not obvious whether strict liability is to be enforced (see: WarnerVMetropolitanPoliceCommissioner1969).

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