Hearings
England & Wales
17 Jan 2012 [2011] EWCA Crim 2; [2013] QB 1; [2012] 3 WLR 515; [2012] 2 All ER 947; [2012] 1 Cr App R 362; [2012] WLR (D) 2; [2012] Crim LR 539; The Times, 30 January 2012, CA
R v Clinton
Additional names
R v Parker
R v Evans
Subject Matter
CRIME — Homicide — Loss of self-control — Partial defence to murder — Whether defence capable of being made out where one of its components absent — Qualifying triggers — Whether objective evaluation required — Sexual infidelity expressly excluded from consideration as qualifying trigger — Whether evidence of sexual infidelity admissible as part of context for evaluating qualifying triggers — Circumstances in which defence to be withdrawn from jury — Coroners and Justice Act 2009, ss 54, 55
[2011] EWCA Crim 2; [2013] QB 1; [2012] 3 WLR 515; [2012] 2 All ER 947; [2012] 1 Cr App R 362; [2012] WLR (D) 2; [2012] Crim LR 539; The Times, 30 January 2012, CA
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Loss of Control - The Elements of the Defence - Killing Resulting from Loss of Self-control
B1.35
Loss of Control - The Elements of the Defence - Qualifying Triggers B1.37
Loss of Control - The Elements of the Defence - Significance of the Concept of Tolerance B1.39
Out-of-court Silence under the 1994 Act - Facts which Should Have Been Mentioned F20.17
Summing-up - Defences D18.33
Burden of Proof - Incidence of the Evidential Burden: General Rule - Loss of Self-control F3.40