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Murder

The offence of murderMurder is an offence that can only be tried on indictment in the Crown Court.Elements of the offence of murderThe elements of the offence of murder are:•an unlawful killing •of any human being•caused by the act or omission of the defendant•with the intent to:◦kill, or◦cause grievous bodily harmUnlawful killingThe unlawful killing of a human being means killing without legal justification. Legal justification might involve a killing in self-defence or as a result of bona fide medical or surgical treatment. See Practice Note: Self-defence.The former requirement that the death had to follow within a year and a day of the killing was abolished by the Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996 (LR(YDR)A 1996). However, where the death occurred before the 17 June 1996 the one-year-and-a-day rule continues to apply.Under LR(YDR)A 1996, the Attorney General's consent is required before proceedings can be brought for a fatal offence including murder, where either:•the injury alleged to have caused death was sustained more than three years before the death...

Dispute resolution: key appeal cases—2025

Dispute resolution: key appeal cases—2025 This Practice Note comprises two elements intended to assist dispute resolution practitioners in keeping up to date with developments in case law that affect their practice area, or which impact civil litigation procedure generally: • selected forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court are noted below; see Dispute resolution: key appeal cases—2025—Part 1: Key forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court—2025 • summaries of the key appeal cases in England and Wales (ie decisions of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and, where relevant, some judgments of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), Court of Justice of the European Union), and ECtHR, which we have reported; see: Dispute resolution: key appeal cases—2025—Part 2: Key civil litigation appeals in review—2025 This content can be browsed through the table of contents in the left margin. Alternatively, this tracker can be searched using [CTRL]+[F]. This content is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of all appeals or key decisions relevant to dispute resolution...