Thank you.
My impression is that our existing law has allowed the courts to develop a defence that satisfies the situation of a person suffering from battered woman syndrome. If I'm wrong, I'm sure somebody can tell me, but I think we have such a defence in our law at this time, based on the perception of a woman who is suffering from that syndrome.
It was developed on the basis of our existing provisions, which do in fact talk about an individual using no more force than necessary and having a “reasonable apprehension of death or grievous bodily harm”, and so on and so forth. I don't think the current wording changes any of that.
Thank you.