The Defences

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Insanity
Available for all offence where Mens Rea is Required
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M'Naghten
There must be (1) A Defect of Reason (2) This must be the result of a Disease of the Mind (3) Causes the D Not to know the Nature and Quality of his act, or not to know he was doing wrong
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Clarke
The Defect of Reason must be more than absent-mindedness or confusion
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Kemp
The disease can be a mental or physical disease which affects the mind (Hardening of the Arteries)
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Sullivan
Epilepsy can be a disease of mind
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Hennessy
Diabetes can be a disease of mind
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Quick
The automatic state due to the disease of mind must come from an internal factor
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There are two ways the D may not know the Nature and quality of his act
These are (1) He is unconscious or in a state of impaired consciousness (2) He is conscious but due to his mental condition he does not understand or know what he is doing
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Windle
The D is not able to use the defence of insanity if he reaalises that his act was legally wrong
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Automatism
Available for all offences
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Bratty v Attorney General for Northern Ireland
Automatism was defined as 'an act done by the muscles without any control of the mind, such as a spasm, a reflex action or a convulsion
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R v T
Exceptional stress can be an external factor which may cause an automatism
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A-G Reference (No2 of 1992)
There must be a total destruction of voluntary control
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Intoxication
Available for Offences of Specific Intent
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Sheehan and Moore
Where the D are so intoxicated they are unable to form the necessary men rea for a specific intent crime the defence will apply
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AG for Northern Ireland v Gallagher
The defence will not succeed if the D has the necessary mens rea for the offence committed (A Drunken intention is still an intention)
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DPP v Majewski
The defence is unavailable for basic intent crimes as becoming intoxicated is a reckless course of conduct - and therefore satisfies the mens rea.
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Richardson and Irwin
The D was allowed the defence of Intoxication as they would not have realised the risk whether they were sober or not - The mere fact of intoxication does not automatically make the D guilty
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Kingston
If the D would have formed the mens rea whether he was intoxicated or not Involutary Intoxication will not be a defence
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Hardie
If the effects of the intoxicating substance are not what are expected, The D is not reckless
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Self Defence
Available for All Offence
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Self Defence depends on two points
(1) Was the force necessary (2) Was the force used reasonable in the circumstances
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Williams
The D should be judged on his genuine mistake - regardless of whether this mistake was reasonable or unreasonable
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Consent
Available for Assaults with no or only minor injuries
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Tabassum
The Consent given must be a true consent and not one gained through deception
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Olugboja
Submission due to fear is not consent
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Dica
Would the Consent be given if the V knew all of the facts
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Wilson v Pringle
There is an implied consent to ordinary 'jostling'
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Brown
The Defence of Consent can not be used for S47 offence or higher
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Barnes
Consent is given in Contact Sports within the rules
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Wilson
Body Adornment can be consented to
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Jones
V can consent to Horseplay
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There must be (1) A Defect of Reason (2) This must be the result of a Disease of the Mind (3) Causes the D Not to know the Nature and Quality of his act, or not to know he was doing wrong

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M'Naghten

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The Defect of Reason must be more than absent-mindedness or confusion

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The disease can be a mental or physical disease which affects the mind (Hardening of the Arteries)

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Epilepsy can be a disease of mind

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