Claudia-Skye Lee Xin

Jogee and ‘West Side Story’- Still Unresolved Endings?

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Abstract Have you ever wondered how ‘West Side Story’ might have been resolved in the English courts? In such cases of gang violence, the area of complicity governs the typical situation where the accused (the ‘Accessory’) did not commit the crime but assisted or encouraged the principal offender to do so. This note analyses the […]

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The Grossly Undefined Threshold for Establishing Medical Manslaughter

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Abstract:1 The English Law on “medical manslaughter”, manifested through the common law offence of gross negligence manslaughter, may be broadly defined as the defendant’s grossly negligent act  or omission, when acting within the terms of their duty of care, which results in the victim’s death. With the current crisis facing the NHS, prosecution of medical

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