Criminal Liability For Medical Negligence

The pith of criminal law depends on two elements Actus Reus and Mens Rea derived from the legal maxim "actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea" which means no act is punishable without a guilty mind. The examination of a mental component essential for wrongdoing will be limited with reference to the utilization of this term itself, in so far as it connotes the mental component important to convict for any wrongdoing, and just in regards to violations not based on negligent behaviour.

A bare review of the laws manifests that it is easy to determine the criminal intent of a person as he is always aware of acts and the consequences attached to it, yet it is one of the difficult tasks before the criminal court, depending upon varying circumstances of the case. The major difference between criminal intent and negligence, as understood by best Criminal Lawyers in Dubai, remains in the fact that whether or not the accused was in his state of mind to understand the