A-level, Law, OCR, Paper 1, Loss of Control

Cards (3)

  • Loss of control comes from the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
  • There are 3 parts to loss of control
    1. D's act or omission resulted from a "loss of control"
    2. The loss of self control had a qualifying trigger, either/both: fear and anger
    3. A person of D's sex and age, with a normal degree of tolerance and self restraint and in D's circumstance, might have reacted in the same or similar way
  • What act does loss of control come from?
    Coroner's and Justice Act 2009