2025 Comprehensive HD Criminal Law Exam Scaffolds

Description

This is the all-you-need Criminal Law exam notes set - the one I used in my final exam. It’s written in fill-in-the-blanks / choose-the-option format, so you can copy it down quickly and it’s ideal for open-book exams. It consolidates content from every seminar, all prescribed readings, and key tutor tips. The notes are exam-ready: concise, direct phrasing you can lift straight into problem questions and essays. It also includes key legislation extracts for context, plus case pinpoints and scholarly references to strengthen and elevate your analysis (especially in problem questions). Colour key - Red = insert (facts / names / elements / conclusions) - Blue = choose (alternative arguments / where the law turns) - Purple / Yellow = case / statute - Green boxes = problem question sample responses Topics covered - Topic 5: Murder - Topic 6: Manslaughter - Topic 7: Assault - Topic 8: Sexual offences - Topic 9: Larceny - Topic 10: Extending criminal liability (complicity) - Topic 11: Extreme provocation - Topic 12: Self-defence - Topic 13: Duress and necessity - Topic 14: Mental defences - Topic 15: Automatism (involuntariness) - Topic 16: Using evidence of (i) mental illness or (ii) self-induced intoxication to negate intent Also includes sample responses and scaffolded templates for problem questions.