The Supreme Court confirms that a claimant found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity should be barred from claiming compensation for the consequences of his unlawful killings, and from being indemnified in respect of his civil liability to his victims, by the defence of illegality – ‘the availability of the plea of illegality should not be fettered by the distinction drawn by the criminal law between diminished responsibility and insanity but should depend on a wider assessment of public policy considerations’: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/judgments/uksc-2024-0039
Charles Cooper | Barrister 