M'Naghten's Case - Created the rules on insanity, Sullivan - Epilepsy is a disease of the mind, Lipman - Self-induced intoxication is invalid, Windle - An insane D must not know his act was wrong, Bratty v A-G for NI - Automatism arises from an unconscious act, Majewski - Vol intox is not a defence to a BI crime, Gladstone Williams - Mistaken use of self-defence is permitted, Bird - Pre-emptive strikes are allowed, Hussain & Another - Attacking a burglar who was trying to leave, Howe - Duress is not available for murder, Singh - A threat to expose adultery is not duress, Graham - Two-stage test to establish duress, Hudson & Taylor - Duress requires D to take a safe escape , Hasan - There is no such thing as self-induced duress, Pommell - Duress of circs is not available for att/murder,

AQA Law Paper 1: General defences

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