self defence

• governed by criminal justice and immifration act 2008
• full defence resulting in aqquital
• two elements - was force necessary - was force reasonable
• bop is on p
• force won't be necessary if attack is over (hussain)
• preemptive stirkes are allowed (beckford)
• d can use threats to stop an attack (cousins)
• d can make preperations (a-g's ref)
• is no duty to retreat (bird)
• force was reasonable and covered by s75 cjia 2008
• not expected to weight force (martin)
• if force is excessive then defence fails (clegg)
• d are judged on facts as they reasonably beleive them (gladstone)
• cannot rely on def if intox (grady)
• wider defence for householders - grossly disproportonate