ABSTRACT
By the end of the chapter you should be able to:
Understand what the inchoate offences are
Appreciate what the inchoate offences are designed to do
Know the mens rea and actus reus elements for the three most common statutory inchoate offences, attempt, conspiracy and s 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007
Appreciate that there is still a common law variety of conspiracy
Understand the problems of impossibility in relation to inchoate offences
Understand joint enterprise as a specific form of criminal liability and when and why it arises
