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Case link: Automatism - insanity - Bratty v Attorney General of Northern Ireland [1961] UKHL 3
“The Court of Criminal Appeal certified that their decision in dismissing the Appellant’s appeal involved two points of law of general public importance. The first was ” whether, his… more →
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Case link: Automatism - insanity - Bratty v Attorney General of Northern Ireland [1961] UKHL 3
norman baird wrote 11 months ago: “The Court of Criminal Appeal certified that their decision in dismissing the Appellant’ … more →
Case link: Self-defence - mistaken belief - Beckford v The Queen [1987] UKPC 1
norman baird wrote 11 months ago: “On 28 March 1985 the appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On 10 October … more →
Case link: Strict liability - B v. Director of Public Prosecutions [2000] UKHL 13
norman baird wrote 11 months ago: “Section 1(1) of the Indecency with Children Act 1960 makes it a criminal offence to commit an … more →
Case link: Defence - consent - Attorney General's Reference No 6 of 1980 [1981] EWCA Crim 1
norman baird wrote 11 months ago: “This is a reference to the Court by the Attorney General under section 36 of the Criminal Jus … more →
Case link: Self-defence - lawful object - Attorney-General's Reference No 2 of 1983 [1984] EWCA Crim 1
norman baird wrote 11 months ago: “The question referred by Her Majesty’s Attorney General to this Court for consideration … more →
Case link: Provocation - Hill [2008] EWCA Crim 76
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “The CCRC referred his case to this court because, following the decision of the House of Lord … more →
Case link: Defence of property - Faraj [2007] EWCA Crim 1033
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “It is well established that a genuine but mistaken belief can be relied upon as a defence to … more →
Case link: Provocation - objective test - Attorney General for Jersey v Holley BAILII: [2005] UKPC 23
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “This appeal from the Court of Appeal of Jersey calls for examination of the law relating to p … more →
Case link: Manslaughter - gross negligence - Andrews v DPP - BAILII: [1937] UKHL 1 ; [1937] AC 576
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “My Lords, of all crimes manslaughter appears to afford most difficulties of definition, for i … more →
Case link: Attempt - impossibility - Anderton v Ryan BAILII: [1985] UKHL 5 ; [1985] AC 560
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “My Lords, it has been strenuously and ably argued for the respondent that these provisions in … more →
Case link: Murder - mens rea - Clarke [2006] EWCA Crim 3427
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “The judge’s direction was wrong in a number of respects… It was wrong to refer to … more →
Case link: Secondary liability - withdrawal - Rafferty [2007] EWCA Crim 1846
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “The appeal… is concerned with the liability for murder or manslaughter of a secondary p … more →
Case link: Outraging public decency - Hamilton [2007] EWCA Crim 2062
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “The appellant contended that the offence of outraging public decency as developed by the nine … more →
Case link: Assault - racial aggravation - Babbs [2007] EWCA Crim 2737
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “Counsel on behalf of the appellant submitted at the end of the prosecution case that, even on … more →
Case link: Joint enterprise - Rahman [2007] EWCA Crim 342
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “The appeal is primarily concerned with joint enterprise in cases of homicide and, in particul … more →
Case link: Infanticide - Gore [2007] EWCA Crim 2789
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “At the heart of this reference is the CCRC’s submission that a woman can only be convic … more →
Case link: Rape - Jheeta [2007] EWCA Crim 1699
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “The essential problem in this case is the relevance to the conviction, if any, of section 76 … more →
Case link: Contempt of court - AS [2008] EWCA Crim 138
norman baird wrote 1 year ago: “This appeal raised the issue of whether a judge of the Crown Court had correctly exercised hi … more →
