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Taunts, Chapati Pans and the Case of the Reasonable Glue-Sniffer: An Examination of the Normative Test in Provocation after Smith and Holley

English criminal law maintains an exculpatory doctrine for defendants who kill upon provocation. The article examines the normative test in provocation following the House of Lords' recent decisions in R v. Morgan Smith and Attorney-General for Jersey v. Holley, in light of the Law Commission's recent proposals to reform the law of fatal offences against the person.