Criminal responsibility or liability of a crime physically committed by a person can actually be attributed across people who did not actually commit the physical aspect of the crime but were involved in other ways through being an accessory to the crime or a party to a joint criminal enterprise. This is generally referred to as complicity in a crime and is amongst the most complicated aspects of criminal law.
This article focuses on the joint criminal enterprise aspect of complicity in a crime in New South Wales. Our second article will focus on accessories to a crime aspect of complicity in a crime in New South Wales, and our third article focuses of complicity in a crime of constructive murder in a joint criminal enterprise before turning to our fourth article on federal offences involving complicity in a crime which applies across all States and Territories in Australia.
