Defence practitioners in Queensland should note that s 31(1)(c) (resistance to actual and unlawful violence) cannot be relied upon where the accused's act would constitute unlawfully doing grievous bodily harm under s 320, even if the offence charged is manslaughter rather than grievous bodily harm.
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