Court and Tribunal Administration CTA323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Child Neglect, Perjury, Mens Rea
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Some pre-trial applications are to be given within at least 60 days before the hearing o involves matters such as: 11(b) charter stay application the right to get a trial within reasonable time has been violated, so things must stop here. Most other charter applications, the hearing is done at the start of the trial. 30 days notice, but the hearing is usually done at the day of the trial. She did not offense because there was no act. Must be a prohibited act or omission (ex; child neglect - s. 215 necessities of life) Mens rea the guilty mind ex; my professor got really angry at me and while holding a cup of hot coffee, she accidentally tripped and spilt it on me. It is not an offense since it was not intentional. it"s necessary because the punishment is extremely great (longer convictions, social assassination, etc)