A participant in a joint criminal enterprise may rely on self-defence and excessive self-defence under ss 418 and 421 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) based on acts attributed to them through the enterprise, without needing to establish a separate agreement among co-participants to act in self-defence; once self-defence is left to the jury, excessive self-defence must also be left.
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