Jogee at 10: “The Unfinished Jigsaw”

Steven Ball examines the evolving law of secondary liability and the difficult question of when presence at the scene of an offence crosses the line into criminal participation. In an in-depth article for Solicitors Journal, Steven examines:

-the continuing impact of R v Jogee
-the distinction between presence, association and intentional participation
-recent Court of Appeal guidance
-group violence and weapons cases
-conditional agreements
-the risk of guilt by association re-emerging through the evidential route
-the wider challenge of reforming homicide law while complicity remains complex

Steven looks at how courts piece together the evidential jigsaw when deciding whether a defendant has crossed the threshold from being present to being criminally liable.

Read the full article in Solicitors Journal HERE

Steven Ball is an experienced criminal practitioner who prosecutes and defends in a wide variety of serious cases. He is a Grade 4 advocate on the CPS General Crime and Serious Crime Panels and has extensive experience of serious and complex criminal proceedings. He is recognised as a Led Junior and Leading Junior in the 2026 Legal 500