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The year and a day rule

Giles Bayliss examines the background to the abolition of the year and a day rule in murder and manslaughter and considers the significance of this change in the law

This article is relevant to AQA AS Unit 1 (parliamentary law making and influences on legislation) and A2 Unit 4 (balancing conflicting interests), WJEC LA2 (law reform) and LA4 (criminal law and justice), and OCR AS Unit G152 (law reform).

The abolition of the year and a day rule provides a useful illustration of the role played by the Law Commission in reforming the law and the need for the law to strike a satisfactory balance between the interests of defendants and those of society and victims of crime.

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