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R (Duggan) v HM Assistant Deputy Coroner for North London

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R (Duggan) v HM Assistant Deputy Coroner for North London
   
Issue: Whether where the justification of self-defence was raised at an inquest a specific direction had to be given to the jury that the reasonableness of any honestly held belief in an imminent threat was a relevant consideration.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   C1/2014/3959
   
Neutral Citation:   [2017] EWCA Civ 142
   
Judge(s): Sir Terence Etherton MR, Davis and Underhill LJJ
   
Date: 29 March 2017