No. 79-2, April 2015

Index

• Criminal Law Legislation Update
• Defendant’s Hearsay Evidence which Exculpates One Co-defendant by Incriminating Another
• Hearsay evidence which is the ‘sole or decisive’ evidence upon which a conviction is based and compliance with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights
• Involuntary Intoxication
• Judicial delinquency
• Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence—Have We Got the Balance Right?
• The Exceptional Case of the Watson Direction
• The Legal Definition of the Smuggling of Migrants in Light of the Provisions of the Migrant Smuggling Protocol 1
• The Loss of Control Defence—Fit for Purpose?
• Unfitness to Plead and Restraining Orders: ‘A Lacuna in the Court’s Armoury’