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Necessity in English law
In English law, the defence of necessity recognises that there may be situations of such an overwhelming urgency, that a person must be allowed to respond by breaking the law. There have been very few cases in which the defence has succeeded but the Crown Prosecution Service tends to exercise a discretion not to prosecute those cases where it believes that the potential defendants have acted reasonably in all the circumstances.
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