Defences

Question 1

What act defines Diminished responsibility

Answer 1

S.21 of the Homicide Act 1957. D is not to be convicted of murder if D was suffering from mental health issues

Question 2

What case affirms Diminished responsibility and what does it say?

Answer 2

R v Bryre, a state of mind so different from an ordinary person that a reasonable person would classify it as abnormal.

Lack of ability to differentiate between right/wrong and control themselves.

Question 3

What case creates a test for self-defence and what is the test?

Answer 3

Palmer 1971

Trigger: D believed use of force to be necessary.
Response: Type of degree of force used by D was reasonable

Question 4

What case affirms defence as a result of intoxication

Answer 4

R v Beard 1920

Question 5

What act talks about loss of self control as a defence

Answer 5

S.54 of the Coroners and Justice act 2009.