Murder as an Offence under English Law

This article examines the territorial and extra-territorial ambit of the offence of murder under English law. This is not strictly speaking a question concerning the jurisdiction of the courts, but one concerning the actus reus of the offence itself. Murder committed outside England and Wales cannot ordinarily amount to an offence under English law, but there are numerous exceptions to this general rule, which are noted and (in the case of the more significant exceptions) examined here.