Judgment of The Court
Justice Dickson, writing for the majority, held that the crew could not successfully rely on a defence of necessity. The defence, Dickson described, was a rare exception that would only be allowed when there was clear "involuntariness" where the accused was "strictly controlled and scrupulously limited".
In order for an accused to successfully argue a defence of necessity they must establish three points. First, there is the requirement of imminent peril or danger. Second, the accused must have had no reasonable legal alternative to the course of action he or she undertook. Third, there must be proportionality between the harm inflicted and the harm avoided.
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