However, this will normally only arise to negate the defence case when automatism or diminished responsibility is in issue.

Secondly, in court, Waddington maintained the inconsistent defence of diminished responsibility which Kiszko had never authorised.

Before the partial murder defence of diminished responsibility was introduced to English law in the Homicide Act 1957, this provided an important means of selecting a more lenient sentence for a mother found guilty of killing her infant than the mandatory life sentence or death sentence applying to murder at the time.

Then there was the inconsistent defence of diminished responsibility which Kiszko never authorised, on the grounds that the testosterone he was receiving for his hypogonadism might have made him behave unusually.

His family attempted to mount a defence of diminished responsibility, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

The advent of mobile warfare in the 20th Century generally diminished the importance of the defence of static positions and siege warfare.

Maitland was prominent in the family's unsuccessful attempt to mount a defence of diminished responsibility, sparing neither his personal privacy nor his standing in the community in the failed attempt to save his brother from execution.

Often this involves stressing what are now conservative views of free-market economics and belief in individual responsibility, with social liberal views on defence of civil rights, environmentalism and support for a limited welfare state.

A diplomatic crisis followed in 2008 which some attribute partial responsibility to the need of better equipment as well as a new national defence doctrine.

The military defence and foreign policy of the islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.

Britain retains responsibility for defence, foreign relations, internal security and financial stability.

Under the Basic Law of Hong Kong, its diplomatic relations and defence are the responsibility of the Central People's Government of the PRC.

The United Kingdom has responsibility for all the island's external affairs, including citizenship, the isle's defence, good governance, and foreign relations.

The House of Lords asked the judges of the common law courts to answer five questions on insanity as a criminal defence, and the formulation that emerged from their review — that a defendant should not be held responsible for his actions only if, as a result of his mental disease or defect, he ( i ) did not know that his act would be wrong ; or ( ii ) did not understand the nature and quality of his actions — became the basis of the law governing legal responsibility in cases of insanity in England.

The responsibility of the defence of German air space fell to the Luftgaukommandos ( air district commands ).

Some military roles are assigned to the civil police, such as border patrol, and border defence, which are the responsibility of a special police unit officially named " The Maritime and Heliport Police Division ", and which operates on land and at sea, using patrol boats and high-speed surveillance boats.

Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.

Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.

National defence in the face of an aggressive world power is, by arrangement, the responsibility of Italy's armed forces.

After the creation of the Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Army was entrusted with the defence of Suriname, while the defence of the Netherlands Antilles was the responsibility of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

In 1867, Britain united most of its North American colonies as the Dominion of Canada, giving it self-government and responsibility for its own defence, although Canada did not have an independent foreign policy until 1931.

Consequently, the EU banned arms sales and imposed a one-year visa ban on 12 senior officials, including the security chief and interior and defence ministers, accusing them of bearing responsibility for the killings.

Under the proposals, the Maltese Parliament would retain responsibility over all affairs except defence, foreign policy, and taxation.

In case of a military conflict it is still NATO and the United States Government that will carry the main responsibility for Iceland's defence.

Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.

Its 1968 Constitution provided the island with formal responsibility for internal self-government, while the British Government retained responsibility for external affairs, defence, and security.

Military defence is officially the responsibility of the United Kingdom, but Bermuda maintains its own military force.

The defence of Bermuda remains the responsibility of the National ( British ) Government, rather than of the Bermudian Government, which is effectively a local authority.

While the German defence had not been broken completely, it had all but collapsed on a large section of its front astride the Somme.

The 16th Bavarian Infantry Division was located opposite the town of Souchez and responsible for the defence of the northernmost section of the ridge.

The 79th Reserve Division was responsible for the defence of the vast central section including the highest point of the ridge, Hill 145.

The Germans quickly developed plans to launch a pre-emptive operation, following the adage that the best defence is a good offense, intent on capturing the northern section of the Zouave Valley along the northernmost portion of the Canadian front.

R. 493 dealt with defence of private property as a defence to aggravated trespass under section 68 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

In accordance with 265 ( 4 ) an accused may use the defense that he believed that the complainant consented, but such a defence may be used only when " a judge, if satisfied that there is sufficient evidence and that, if believed by the jury, the evidence would constitute a defence, shall instruct the jury when reviewing all the evidence relating to the determination of the honesty of the accused's belief, to consider the presence or absence of reasonable grounds for that belief "; furthermore according to section 273. 2 ( b ) the accused must show that he took reasonable steps in order to ascertain the complainant's consent, also 273. 2 ( a ) states that if the accused's belief steams from self-induced intoxication, or recklessness or wilful blindness than such belief is not a defense.

273. 2 It is not a defence to a charge under section 271, 272 or 273 that the accused believed that the complainant consented to the activity that forms the subject-matter of the charge, where

At peak artillery strength in 1965 – 1966 there were six batteries ( two from the Royal Malaysian Artillery ) of 105mm Pack Howitzer, half a battery of 5. 5-in Guns and a section of 4. 2 in Mortars operated by men detached from the light air defence battery defending Kuching airport.

It is probably directly related to the inhabitants ' reduction of the city to one-sixth of its previous extension, confining it to the north-east section, the area where the citadel stood, and fortifying it with thick walls to provide better defence.

According to Jay Leach, who writes for NHL. com's " learn to play hockey " section, the defence must " Move the puck hard and quick to the open man.

The latest revision is the Official Secrets Act 1989 ( 1989 chapter 6 ), which removed the public interest defence by repealing section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911.

The MCA section 5 defence is also available.

In his defence he argued that allowing even limited use of Imperial measurements was inconsistent with the European directive and therefore in contravention of Section 2 ( 2 ) of the European Communities Act 1972, and that the relevant section of the 1972 Act had therefore been implicitly repealed.

: The State shall not adopt a decision taken by the European Council to establish a common defence pursuant to Article 1. 2 of the Treaty referred to in subsection 7 of this section where that common defence would include the State.

Legislation exists that states that PCSOs are entitled to use reasonable force in order to effect an arrest as described above ( under section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 ), or to forcibly detain ( using Police Reform Act 2002 powers ) There is also a ' reasonable code of conduct ' which is a legitimate & tested defence to a ( technical ) common assault of which the courts have accepted and has now been written into case law ( e. g. leading two disputing parties away from each other to prevent a fight-technically an assault as neither party has been arrested / detained at this point, but still considered otherwise lawful ).

The Lombards financed the maintenance and defence of the section of road through their territories as a trading route to the north from Rome, avoiding enemy-held cities such as Florence.

With a minimum of preparation, he and other ill-assorted British volunteers were thrown into the defence of Madrid as a machine-gun section with the German Thaelmann Battalion.

The three players in each section play the position of a No. 1, attack, a No. 2, midfield ( a combination of defence and offence ), or a No. 3, defence.

The Czech hedgehog () or ježek, was a static anti-tank obstacle defence made of angled iron ( that is, lengths with an L-or H-shaped cross section ) deployed during World War II by various combatants.

Assessing the Viet Cong to be in greater strength than previously thought and believing that they were preparing for an assault on his position, Sharp called for artillery fire as he moved to bring his exposed section back into line and then gradually draw his platoon into all round defence.