Voluntary Manslaughter

What is voluntary manslaughter?

What are the four partial defences?

What is Loss of control?

What is needed in order to prove you had Loss of control?

What is a cooling off period and if there is one, does it prove that there was no loss of control?

Can cumulative actions count towards provocation and thus count as a qualifying trigger?

How do you prove that there was a qualifying trigger?

Does sexual infidelity count towards a qualifying trigger?

What is the reasonable man test?

What are gravity characteristics?

What are control characterisitcs

Does self-intoxication count as a characteristic?

What is diminished responsibility?

What is the standard of proof when trying to prove DR?

What are the three elements which you need in order to prove diminished responsibility?

What is an abnormality of mental functioning?

Does alcoholism count as an abnormality of mental functioning?

What is the principle that was established in Gittens?