loss of control

Question 1

loss of control

Answer 1

s54 of the coroners and justice act

Question 2

definition

Answer 2

In r v jewell, Lord rafferty says it is ‘a loss of ability to act with considered judgement or normal powers of reasoning’

Question 3

r v gurpinar

Answer 3

loc can only be put to the jury when there is sufficient evidence.

Question 4

r v ahluwalia

Answer 4

need not be sudden

Question 5

r v dawes

Answer 5

jury can take the ‘cumulative impact’ of events into account, can be a build up of events.

Question 6

fear trigger

Answer 6

s55(3)
d has a serious fear of serious violence from v against d or an identified person.

Question 7

subjective test

Answer 7

it only concerns what was in d’s mind at the time. fear doesn’t have to be reasonable, as long as it is genuine.

Question 8

r v clegg

Answer 8

unsuccessfully argued self denfence. would’ve been able to argue loc if it was in place at the time, as he had feared.

Question 9

anger trigger s55(4)