LAW 534 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: South Nation River, Regulatory Offence, Due Diligence

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 534
• Professor: Andre Serero

Document Summary

Chapter 6 corporate directing minds and regulatory offences. Harder for crown to get a conviction for true crimes as compared with regulatory offences. Note: directing mind used in different ways (potentially confusing so be careful): Mens rea/criminal offences: directing mind (i. e. senior officer) is relevant for crown to prove criminal offence. Strict liability/regulatory offences: defendant must show how it directed its mind to establish a system of due diligence. Due dilige(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a (cid:862)shield(cid:863) (cid:894)used (cid:271)(cid:455) the defe(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) (cid:396)egulato(cid:396)(cid:455) offe(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:895) i(cid:374)stead of a (cid:862)s(cid:449)o(cid:396)d(cid:863) (cid:894)used (cid:271)(cid:455) the c(cid:396)o(cid:449)(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)al offe(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:895) The result for the corporation is usually the same: a fine. Directing mind in regulatory offences (cid:862)directing mind(cid:863) of corporate due diligence: The exact same facts can lead to an acquittal for a criminal prosecution and a successful regulatory prosecution this is exactly what happened in the safety-kleen case.