Loss of control: ‘sufficient evidence’: R v Jewell [2014] EWCA Crim 414, Court of Appeal R v Workman [2014] EWCA Crim 575, Court of Appeal R v Barnsdale-Quean [2014] EWCA Crim 1418, Court of Appeal.

The article discusses three British Court of Appeal cases dealing with murder, voluntary manslaughter, loss of control, and sufficient evidence. It examines the evidences of loss of control in the cases which are reportedly insufficient that led the courts to dismiss the appeals. Also explored are the rights of defendants to seek to be excused from being held guilty for murder.