In English law, diminished responsibility is one of the partial defenses that reduce the offense from murder to manslaughter if successful (termed "voluntary"...

In criminal law, diminished responsibility (or diminished capacity) is a potential defense by excuse by which defendants argue that although they broke...

of provocation in English law with the loss of control defence. In addition to loss of control, diminished responsibility in English law is also an available...

Denial of a speedy trial – Deterrence – Diminished responsibility – Diminished responsibility in English law – Double jeopardy – Due process – Evidentiary...

English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures...

In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder, the differential being between levels of fault based on the mens rea...

was to carry out the provisions of the act, reporting to the Poor Law Commissioners (in the case of workhouses) and to the Lord Chancellor. The first secretary...

diminished responsibility in England and Wales, whereas in Scotland it is a product of case law. The number of findings of diminished responsibility has...

Reforms "in relation to complicity in murder, diminished responsibility, provocation and infanticide"; Consultation on whether and in what way the law should...

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The law has therefore been reformed in many ways. One important reform, introduced in England and Wales by statute is the diminished responsibility defence...

English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales. Because of its heavy historical and social significance, land is usually seen as the...

(2002), "The defense of diminished capacity is hereby abolished ... there shall be no defense of ... diminished responsibility or irresistible impulse...

In criminal law, the intoxication defense is a defense by which a defendant may claim diminished responsibility on the basis of substance intoxication...

occurred in a state of diminished consciousness, with the diminished consciousness resulting in the diminished conscious control of behaviour. In other words...

Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. It placed an obligation on local...

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strong potential defence of diminished responsibility due to previous, but not immediate, abuse by her victim, but as the law did not provide for such a...

miles of London, this would be the responsibility of the Royal College of Physicians; and outside that, magistrates in county towns. The bill passed the...

trial) may indicate diminished mental responsibility. The film Provoked (2006) is a fictionalised account of Ahluwalia's life. In 1977, at the age of...

In law, provocation is when a person is considered to have committed a criminal act partly because of a preceding set of events that might cause a reasonable...

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other related matters, forming part of the mental health law for the people in England and Wales. In particular, it provides the legislation by which people...

described in the Homicide Act 1957 (diminished responsibility and a suicide pact; provocation was a third but this was replaced by loss of control in 2010)...

criminal law of the United States is a manifold system of laws and practices that connects crimes and consequences. In comparison, civil law addresses...

most common in Anglo-American law, and in legal systems derived from the English common law system. In English civil law (being the law of England and...

honour. In the English-speaking world, the law of defamation traditionally distinguishes between libel (written, printed, posted online, published in mass...

can be, superseded by any law of society." In English law the focus of the test is whether the defendant is acting reasonably in the particular situation...

Insanity in English law is a defence to criminal charges based on the idea that the defendant was unable to understand what he was doing, or, that he was...

the Home Office however it was independent in that it reported to the Lord Chancellor who had responsibility for investigating breaches of care and integrity...