defences Flashcards
Duress definition, exception
evidence raised
elements 3
immediacy ATTORNEY GENERAL Vs. WHELAN (1934) LR 518
“Threat of immediate death or serious personal violence so great so as to overcome the ordinary powers of human resistance should be accepted as justification for act which will otherwise be criminal”
fair opportunity R Vs. HUDSON & TAYLOR (1971) 2QB 202
sufficiently great ABBORT Vs The QUEEN
damage to property R Vs. M’ GRAWTHER FORSTER, R Vs. PURDY (1946) 10 JCLR 239
third party R Vs HURLEY & MURLEY (1967),
Necessity definition, exception
elements 3
R Vs BOURNE (1938),
R Vs. DUDLEY and STEPHENS (1884
definition insanity
special verdict (insanity)
burden of proof insanity BRATTY Vs. THE AG of NORTHERN IRELAND (1963)