Defences in UK Law
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Mapping Defamation Defences
The general neglect of tort defences is most significant in defamation actions. This paper attempts to reduce to a few guiding principles the numerous, and apparently unrelated, doctrines recognise...
- Book Review: Criminal Defences
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Strengthening the offshore defences against economic crime and abuse
Reports some recent activities within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which aim to strengthen defences against international economic crime, focusing on offshore fi...
- Codifying the General Defences
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Partial reform of partial defences: Developments in England and Wales
The offences of murder and manslaughter have been the subject of several Law Commission reviews in England and Wales but no wholesale reform. The two major difficulties with the law of murder have ...
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Aligning Partial Defences to Murder with the Offence of Coercive or Controlling Behaviour
This article will reflect on the adoption of s. 76 Serious Crime Act 2015 which criminalises coercive or controlling behaviour in an intimate or family relationship and considers an argument for al...
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Recognising the Role of the Emotion of Fear in Offences and Defences
Anger, its part in human conduct and in crime commission has been much discussed and accorded a privileged status within the law, while the role of fear has been less considered. Notwithstanding, f...
- Mercy Killing, Partial Defences and Charge Decisions: 50 Shades of Grey
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A consideration of the merits of specialised homicide offences and defences for battered women
In response to calls for reform, some jurisdictions have introduced specialised offences and defences for battered women who kill their abuser. In 2005, Victoria introduced the offence of ‘defensiv...
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