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Burden placed on an accused person where he pleads a special defence

Distinction between the defence of self defence and defence of provocation

Duty of the prosecution where a defence is raised

Duty of the trial court to consider all aspects of the accused person's evidence in determining whether he has a good defence or not

Duty of the trial court to consider any defence the accused raised either expressly or impliedly

Effect of failure by the prosecution and the court to consider and examine a defence

Effect of failure of the trial court to consider the defences available to an accused person

Effect of the defences raised by an accused person

Exculpatory defences

The defences of automatism and accident under Section 24 of the Criminal Code

The principle that ignorance of fact is a complete defence

The rule that an accused person should be given the benefit of a defence even where he did not specifically raise it

The rule that the court must consider all defences raised by the accused person

The rule that where persons who are charged together for committing a crime have a common base for their defence, the acceptance of the defence to the benefit of one of them should also result in its acceptance for the benefit of others

What constitutes a complete defence to a charge of assault or causing harm

Whether a court can formulate a defence for an accused person which is not open or available to him

Whether a court is entitled to reject a defence simply because it does not believe it

Whether a defence founded on belief in witchcraft or juju is tenable in criminal cases

Whether a defendant is required to make a defence in every case made out against him

Whether an accused person is bound to give evidence in his defence

Whether a trial court can fail to consider a defence because it was raised at the stage of no case submission

Whether defence founded on witchcraft is justifiable in murder cases

Whether every defence must be considered by the court

Whether failure to consider a defence can invalidate a conviction

Whether ignorance of the law is a defence to criminal liability

Whether superior orders are valid defences to crimes

Whether the court can speculate over the defences available to the accused

Whether there is a duty on the Court to unearth any defences in order to make a finding on it

Whether the trial and appellate courts must consider every defence open to an accused person on the evidence

Whether the trial court can consider the defences of provocation or justification where there was no evidence to that effect

Whether the trial court has a duty to consider all the defences which may be available to an accused person in a murder trial

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