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‘The serious wrong of domestic abuse and the loss of control

defence’

Jonathan Herring

This chapter considers cases in which a victim of domestic abuse who kills her

abuser can rely on the loss of control defence.

A Reed and M Bohlander (eds), Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility:

Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives(Ashgate)

‘The Coroners and Justice Act 2009—partial defences to murder (1)

Loss of control’

Alan Norrie

The author gives a detailed analysis of the scope of the loss of self-control

defence and, where relevant, compares the new defence to the repealed

defence of provocation.

[2010] Crim LR 275

‘The Coroners and Justice Act 2009—partial defences to murder (2)

The new diminished responsibility plea’

JD Mackay

The author gives a detailed analysis of the scope of the reformulated defence

and, where relevant, compares the availability of the defence to the old s 2

defence. He questions whether the reformulation meets the stated aims of the

change.

[2010] Crim LR 290