Homicide Update - Top 10 Developments

Introduction

This webinar is a comprehensive yet easy-to-navigate digest of the most critical developments in homicide cases for both defence and prosecution practitioners.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Overwhelming supervening acts - R v Ayre, Henneberry and Tomlinson [2025]
• Causing or allowing the death of a child - R v Fartun Jamal [2026]
• S.98 CJA 2003 and confession exclusion - R v Leslie and Gordon [2025]
• Bad character, impact of direction - R v Kevin Horswill [2026]
• Loss of control and fresh evidence - R v Amanda O’Shaughnessy [2026]
• Fresh evidence, psychiatric evidence in relation to diminished responsibility - R v Nicole Thomas [2026]