Abstract
This article overviews the Law Commission's proposed reforms of homicide with a critical but constructive eye. First and foremost, the article supports the proposed restructuring, recommending only that concrete suggestions be made for the situation when jurors agree upon second degree murder for different reasons. But the Commission's reasons for not considering whether consent to be killed should reduce first degree murder to second degree murder do not stand up to scrutiny and a possible formulation of such a partial defence is examined. Further, the Commission's definition of ‘reckless indifference’ needs to be clarified and suggestions are offered for consideration.
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