Essay Plan: "The mental element for murder is currently too broad; but to confine it to an intent to kill would be to narrow it too far. Discuss."
Essay Plan: "The concept of consent has proved resistant to legislative clarification, leaving the core element of the most serious sexual offences hopelessly uncertain. Discuss."
Essay Plan: "Only people who foresee that their actions will cause death should be convicted of murder. And only people who foresee that their actions will cause serious harm should be convicted of manslaughter. Discuss."
Essay Plan: "In what circumstances does the law allow a defendant’s intoxication to be relevant to criminal liability? Is the current law satisfactory?"
Essay Plan: "The criminal law’s treatment of issues of capacity is one dominated by pragmatism, not principle."
Essay Plan: "Explain the role of dishonesty both under the Theft Act 1968 and under the Fraud Act 2006."
Essay Plan: "The Sexual Offences Act 2003 has failed to improve the way the courts deal with issues of consent in sex offences. Discuss."
Essay Plan: ‘In homicide cases, the courts manipulate the doctrines of omission, and of causation, to produce the results they think are just, rather than aiming to develop stable general principles’. Discuss.