General and Partial Defences
Voluntary and involuntary intoxication, self-defence and defence of another, loss of control and diminished responsibility.
How to study for FLK2
Use closed-book rule anchors, realistic client facts, primary-classification ranges and an ethical decision check across every subject.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Apply voluntary or involuntary intoxication according to fault and the offence's mens rea.
Exam cue: Identify whether the defence is complete or reduces murder only.
Concept 2
Apply honest necessity and reasonable force to self-defence or defence of another.
Exam cue: Apply the defence to the actual offence and evidence rather than general sympathy.
Concept 3
Apply loss-of-control components, qualifying trigger, exclusions and objective comparison.
Concept 4
Apply diminished-responsibility abnormality, recognised condition, substantial impairment and causal explanation.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating voluntary intoxication as a universal defence.
Guardrail: Check the sitting-specific law cutoff, keep Solicitors Accounts in its official context and reject any answer that imports an FLK1 rule as the controlling subject.
Applying loss of control to an offence other than murder.
Guardrail: Check the sitting-specific law cutoff, keep Solicitors Accounts in its official context and reject any answer that imports an FLK1 rule as the controlling subject.
Memory anchors
General and Partial Defences: scope
Voluntary and involuntary intoxication, self-defence and defence of another, loss of control and diminished responsibility.
General and Partial Defences: focus 1
Apply voluntary or involuntary intoxication according to fault and the offence's mens rea.
General and Partial Defences: focus 2
Apply honest necessity and reasonable force to self-defence or defence of another.
General and Partial Defences: focus 3
Apply loss-of-control components, qualifying trigger, exclusions and objective comparison.
General and Partial Defences: focus 4
Apply diminished-responsibility abnormality, recognised condition, substantial impairment and causal explanation.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
Next step personalized recommendations
Continue learning
Move forward only after this module is stable.
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