From https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/glossary/de-minimis-non-curat-lex https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/glossary/de-minimis-non-c... "The de minimis rule

From https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/glossary/de-minimis-non-curat-lex https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/glossary/de-minimis-non-c... "The de minimis rule is seldom relevant in criminal law (so, for, example, the offence of theft is made out whether the property taken is worth one penny or £1 million) but it is not wholly irrelevant. For example, a shopkeeper who hangs a rack of newspapers on the outer wall of his shop abutting the highway may be acquitted of obstruction of the highway on the basis of de minimis non curat lex."