TY - JOUR AU - Samantha Goosen, PY - 2021/03/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Duress by Indirect Circumstances in English and South African Law: A Comparison – R v Brandford [2017] 2 All ER 43; [2016] EWCA Crim 1794 JF - Obiter JA - Obiter VL - 41 IS - 4 SE - Cases DO - 10.17159/obiter.v41i4.10499 UR - https://obiter.mandela.ac.za/article/view/10499 SP - 974-987 AB - <p>While duress by means of direct threats can provide a defence in criminal law, the legal question is whether threats conveyed indirectly are capable of providing a valid defence in criminal law. More specifically, can indirect threats then also be used as a means of defending another party’s interests that are under attack? There appears to be both academic support and precedent to answer this question in the affirmative.&nbsp;</p> ER -