Defences Flashcards
Self defence: prevention of crime (statutory defence)
S3(1) criminal law act 1967
Self defence: legal test
. Was the force necessary
. Was the force reasonable in the circumstance
Self defence: the force was necessary as he was going to be attacked
Hussain and another
Self defence: protect themselves, another person and or property
Common law
Self defence: if there was an honest mistaken belief of a threat the defence is still available
Williams
Self defence: if the D makes the mistaken belief because they where voluntarily intoxicated
O’Grady
Self defence: don’t have to retreat from an attack
Bird
Self defence: if the D fears and attack they can prepare for an attack
Attorney general reference (No2 of 1983)
Self defence: if the D uses aggression in order to escalate the situation into a more violent one then the defence is unavailable
Rashford
Self defence: the force used by the D must be reasonable in the circumstance as the D believes them to be
Palmer
Self defence: if disproportionate force is used the defence is unavailable
S76(6) criminal justice and immigration act 2008
Self defence: extend the D appreciated the exact same measure of necessary action
S76(7)(a) criminal justice and immigration act 2008
Self defence: there is evidence to support the D honest and instinctively believed they took reasonable action
S76(7)(b) criminal justice and immigration act 2008
Consent: if it is not in the interest of the public to allow people to consent to harm greater than common assault unless it is one of the public policy exceptions
Attorney general reference (No 6 of 1980)
Consent: harm caused within the rules of a game is lawful
Barnes
Consent: harm outside the rules of the game is unlawful
Billinghurst
Consent: deliberately and unnecessarily sets out to injure another person is unlawful
Johnson
Consent: lawful and reasonable chastisement of children is permitted. But if ABH or greater harm occurred defence is unavailable
S58 children act 2004
Consent: an adult can refuse / surgical interference
Blaue
Consent: a child below the age of 16 can consent to treatment or refuse treatment as long as they have ……… competence, they have sufficient intelligence and understanding of there decision
Gillick
Consent: if a person lacks mental capacity to consent to medical treatment, it can be provided, as long as medical staff are acting in their best interest
F v West Berkshire HA
Consent: a person consenting to body adornment must have the mental capacity to consent
Burrell & Hammer
Consent: body adornment between consenting spouses that result in harm is lawful
Wilson
Consent: if the D has a genuine mistaken belief that the V was consenting to horseplay, this is lawful
Jones
Consent: a person cannot consent to being killed
Pretty
Consent: a person cannot give consent for someone to inject them with unlawful drugs
Cato
Consent: not all fraudulent conduct will be cancel out the Vs consent
Linekar
Consent: if the D makes out they are someone they are not, the V consent is invalid
Elbekkay
Consent: the V knew the nature and quality of the conduct
Tabbassum
Consent: a person cannot consent out of fear
Olugboja
DBT: governed by
Common law and Hasan
DBT: defence is unavailable for murder (1) and attempted murder (2)
- Howe
- Gotts
DBT: the D should be heroic and sacrifice their own life rather than that of another
Lord Hailsham
DBT: the threat must be one of death or serious harm
Hasan, Graham
DBT: as long as one of the threat of either death or serious harm, the cumulative effect of all the threats can be considered
Valderrama-vega
DBT: a threat to rape is sufficient
Ashley