Luc v The Queen

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date26 March 1996
Date26 March 1996

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45 cases
  • R v Smith (Morgan James)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 27 July 2000
    ... ... That history has been further set out in decisions in your Lordships' House in Reg. v. Camplin [1978] A.C. 705 , in Luc Thiet Thuan v. The Queen ... [1997] A.C. 131 and in the present case by my noble and learned friend Lord Hoffmann whose opinion I have had the advantage of reading in draft. I do not repeat that history. I agree with the conclusion of both my noble and learned friends Lord Hoffmann and Lord Clyde that the appeal should be ... ...
  • R v Smith (Morgan James)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 29 July 1998
    ...(Court of Appeal). 41 R v Thornton (No 2) (1996) 2 Cr App R 108 (Court of Appeal). 42 R v Morhall (1996) 1 AC (House of Lords). 43 Luc Thiet Thuan v R (1997) 1 AC 131 (Privy Council). 44 R v Campbell (1997) 1 Cr App R 199 (Court of Appeal). 45 R v Parker No 96/5529/Y2 (Court of Appeal......
  • Holley v AG
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 15 June 2005
    ...by a Single Judge. Authorities Homicide (Jersey) Law, 1986: Article 4. Homicide Act 1957: s.3. R. v Camplin [1978] AC 705 HL(E). Luc Thiet Thuan v R. (1996) 2 All ER 1033; [1997] AC 131 P.C. Ashworth: ‘The Doctrine of Provocation’ [1976] CLJ 292 at 300. R. v Smith (Morgan) [2000] 3 WLR 6......
  • R v Moncrieff
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 20 December 2002
    ...Aiolfi for the accused. Cases cited: (1) D.P.P. v. Camplin, [1978] A.C. 705; [1978] 2 All E.R. 168, applied. (2) Luc Thiet Thuan v. R., [1997] A.C. 131; [1996] 2 All E.R. 1033, applied. (3) R. v. Acott, [1997] 1 W.L.R. 306; [1997] 1 All E.R. 706, applied. (4) R. v. Byrne, [1960] 2 Q.B. 396;......
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12 books & journal articles
  • Descent into Murder: Provocation's Stricture—The Prognosis for Women Who Kill Men Who Abuse Them
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 71-4, August 2007
    • 1 August 2007
    ...(No. 2) [1996]1 WLR 1174, [1996] 2 All ER 1023, CA, preferred justice over the dictates of logic.Lord Steyn in Luc Thiet Thuan v R [1997] AC 131, [1996] 2 All ER 1033, was ofthe same 17 Attorney-General for Jersey v Holley [2005] UKPC 23, [2005] 2 AC 580 at [66].18 DPP v Camplin [1978] AC 7......
  • The Merits of Ambiguity: Provocation from the Irish Perspective
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 87-2, April 2023
    • 1 April 2023
    ...cases at the highest level: see Bedderv DPP [1954] 1 WLR 1119; DPP v Camplin [1978] AC 705; R v Morhall [1996] AC 20; Luc Thiet Thuan v R [1997] AC 131; Rv Smith (Morgan) [2001] AC 146 and A-G for Jersey v Holley [2005] UKPC 23, [2005] 2 AC 580.10. See generally B Mitchell, ‘Loss of Control......
  • Court of Appeal
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 68-3, June 2004
    • 1 June 2004
    ...the accused to be more short-tempered and a mental illnesswhich has that effect. According to the Privy Council in Luc Thiet ThuanvR[1996] 2 All ER 1033, the answer is that the jury should not takeaccount of such characteristics unless the provocation is directed atthem, while the opposite ......
  • Partial reform of partial defences: Developments in England and Wales
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminology (formerly Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology) No. 45-3, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...932.4. Ahluwalia [1992] 4 All ER 889, Thornton [1992] 1 All ER 306. For discussion see Nicolson(1995).5. [1978] AC 705.6. [1996] AC 90.7. [1997] AC 131.8. [1995] 4 All ER 1008.9. [1995] 4 All ER 987.10. [2001] 1 AC 146.11. These provisions have been in force since 4 October 2010. The old la......
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