R v Taj – self-defence, drinking and mental illness

A review of R v Taj by Dr Mark Dsouza.

21 September 2018

Publication details

Dsouza, Mark. 'R v Taj – self-defence, drinking and mental illness', available online: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/criminal-law/sites/criminal-law/files/blogpost_on_taj.pdf

Summary

In R v Taj [2018] EWCA Crim 1743, the Court of Appeal (CA) attempts to clarify the rule applicable to mistaken self-defence, where D’s mistake was attributable to psychosis (not amounting to insanity).