The Golds Standard of Substantial Impairment
Date
2015-05-11
Authors
Advisors
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ISSN
0961-4249
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Publisher
Sweet and Maxwell
Type
Article
Peer reviewed
No
Abstract
In Golds the Court of Appeal altered the approach to the meaning of the word "substantial" in the new diminished responsibility plea. We argue that this was a mistake which we hope will be recognised by the Supreme Court.
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Keywords
Diminished Responsibility plea-meaning of the word "substantial".
Citation
Mitchell, B. and Mackay, R. (2015) The Golds Standard of Substantial Impairment. Archbold Review, 4 May 11