1.   A disclaimer is an obvious and simple device for a trader to use to avoid committing an offence.

2.   Any civil servant who talks to his or her spouse about work would be committing an offence.

3.   But what is to be done by the honest car dealer, i.e. the man who wishes to avoid committing an offence?

4.   Davies claimed that he did not know he was committing an offence by accessing the website.

5.   Have X, Y or Z committed an offence?

6.   He had committed the offence of dangerous driving.

7.   His solicitor said he committed the offence because he was heavily in debt.

8.   If defendants Decide to commit an offence, they must take the consequences.

9.   Let us think rather of a twin track approach, in which custody is reserved for those who commit serious offences.