Catchwords
Criminal law – Defences - Provocation - Elements of provocation - Meaning of "sudden" - Whether accused's loss of self-control must immediately follow provocation - Scope of objective test - Whether there exists a discrete requirement that accused must commit fatal act before there has been time for loss of self-control to abate.
Criminal procedure – Directions - Use of model directions - Duty to frame directions by reference to issues.
Words and phrases – "loss of self-control", "sudden provocation", "time for passion to cool".
Criminal Code (Q) – s 304.