26 June 2008
R v G [2008] UKHL 37, [2008] All ER (D) 216 (Jun)
The House of Lords endorsed R v G and another [2002] EWCA Crim 1992, [2003] 3 All ER 206 (per Lord Justice Dyson at 33): “So far as Article 6 is concerned, the fairness of the provisions of the substantive law of the Contracting States is not a matter for investigation.
The content and interpretation of domestic substantive law is not engaged by Article 6.” It follows that a criminal offence of strict liability does not violate Art 6 of the Convention.
