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2020-Fatal Offences Flashcards

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1
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What is murder

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Unlawful killing of a reasonable person in being and under the queens peace with malice aforethought express or implied

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What is the actus reus of murder

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Killing
Reasonable creature in being
Under Queen’s peace
Unlawful

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What is the men’s rea for murder

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Expression intention to kill (direct/oblique)

Implied intention to cause GBH

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What is considered in the killing aspect of AR

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Factual and legal causation

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Factual causation is

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But for test

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What is legal causation

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Multiple causes? if so was it substantial ?
Thin skull rule?

Unbroken chain
Vs own act
Unpredictable event
Third party act

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Reasonable creature in being means what

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Human in being

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What isn’t classed as a reasonable creature in being

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A foetus

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Is a brain dead person a reasonable creature in being

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Yes

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What does under the queen’s peace mean

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The country is not at war

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What are the exceptions making something lawful

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Self defence
Defence of another
Prevent crime

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What is express intention to kill

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Direct- wishes for direct consequence

Oblique- main aim was something but D saw death as virtually certain

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Implied intention to cause GBH a means …

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Intention to cause serious harm to victim

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R v gibbins and proctor

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Father and stepmother fails to feed child and the child dies
Omission

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R v vickers

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d breaks into shop where he knows v (owner is deaf) she sees him so he beats her up and she dies
Intent to commit GBH enough for murder

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R v moloney

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No intention to shoot father

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N v Nedrick

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Paraffin through letter box kills family

1) how probable that death would occur of Ds act
2) did D foresee consequences

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R v woolin

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Changes two questions of nedrick to death is a virtual certainity

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Problems with murder

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Developed by cases 
Conviction even though no intent to kill
No defence for excessive self defence 
Duress not available 
No variation in mandatory life sentence
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What was the law commissions proposals for reform

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Introduce a first degree and second degree murder

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What did the government do to change

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Ignored idea of two different offence however introduced reform that there should be defence for excessive force in self defence

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What is voluntary manslaughter

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Actus Reus and means Rea but MR due to LOC or DR

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What is in diminished responsibility

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Arose from recognised medical condition
Substantially impaired
Provides explanation for an act

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R v Byrne

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Sexual psychopath didn’t realise his conduct was wrong

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What conditions were added to medical conditions in the CJA 2009

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Depression 
Dementia
PTSD
Schizophrenia 
Adjustment disorder
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What are the three aspects of substantially impaired

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Understood nature of conduct
Ability to form a rational judgement
Ability to exercise self control

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R v golds

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Man has abnormality of mental functioning however he wasn’t substantially impaired- sc held murder conviction

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What is the last aspect of DR

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Explains Ds act

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Dr and intoxication- what are the three possibilities to consider

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1) Intoxication at the time and they wish to use Dr as a defence
2) D was intoxicated and has recognised medical condition
3) Intoxication due to addiction

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What happens if D was intoxicated and wish to use DR as a defence

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Intoxication alone isn’t recognised as a condition. Requires abnormality of mental functioning

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What happens if someone is intoxicated and has a recognised medical condition

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The abnormality must have occurred regardless of drink or drugs- R v Deutschmann

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32
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What happens if someone is intoxicated due to addiction

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ADS someone can’t control that so they will successfully get voluntary manslaughter - r v wood

33
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what was reform of diminished responsibility suggested in

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Murder manslaughter and infanticide- law commission report 2006

34
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what are the two main issues of DR

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burden of proof is on D to prove his illness

developmental immaturity can’t be used even though it can affect those under 18

35
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what are the three aspects to LOC

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D must have lost self control
there must be a qualifying trigger
person of same age and sex must have acted in the same way

36
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what are the main points on loss of self control

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it doesn’t need to be sudden however when premeditated it less likely to be accepted. anger not taken into consideration

37
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R v jewell

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man with shotgun kills man, found with items like survival kit suggests it wasn’t a loss of control

38
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what are the two qualifying triggers in LOC

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fear of serious violence
things said or done which constituted circumstances of n extremely grave character which caused D to think he would be seriously wronged

39
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what does r v ward show

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the violence feared can be someone to else

40
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what does r v Dawes show

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sexual infidelity and violence you have caused is not a qualifying trigger

41
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what does r v zebedee show

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must be a justifiable sense of being seriously wronged

42
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what does r v clinton show

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sexual infidelity can be included when included with other matters

43
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what other circumstances can be taken into account

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depression, epilepsy or history of sexual abuse

44
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what is not taken into account

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voluntary intoxication

45
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what does Jury consider in loc

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Whether a normal person would have acted the same

46
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what is the effect of LOC

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reduces to manslaughter

47
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what are the problems with loc

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Does not cover situations where a woman in abusive situation kills through anger fear and frustration
no loger covers sexual infidelity
fear of serious violence is not enough

48
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what is the difference between voluntary manslaughter and involuntary

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voluntary- intention to kill or cause GBH

involuntary- no intention

49
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what are the ways someone can commit IV manslaughter

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UdAM - unlawful act manslaughter

gross negligence manslaughter

50
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what are the elements of UDAM

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complete an unlawful act
must be dangerous on an objective test
must cause death
mr for unlawful act

51
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what is not enough for a unlawful act

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a civil wrongdoing

52
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what does r v lamb show

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no unlawful act of shooting a gun

53
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what cannot their be in udam

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omission as shown by R v Lowe

54
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what typically is UDAM

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non fatals or dangerous acts. however, arson, criminal damage and burglary can also be covered

55
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what is the test for something being dangerous

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it must be objective, would a sober person realise the risk of some harm

56
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which case shows objectivity in UdAM

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r v church

57
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what does the harm need to be in Udam

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only some harm not serious harm

58
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which case shows that only some harm is needed

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Larkin

59
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what case shows that harm need not be specific in UdAM

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r v J M and S M

60
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can an act against a property be counted as Uam

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yes as shown by R V Goodfellow when he set fire to his flat

61
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what is not enough for Udam + two case examples

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fear alone is not enough on its own ( r v Dawson) however if D knows of v being frail then it can be used ( R v Watson)

62
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when is Burglary accepted for UdAM

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when it is done in a dangerous way like in r v Burstow Dunn and Delay

63
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what are the rules of causation for UdAM

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must be physical and legal cause

Vs self injection of a drug breaks chain of causation

64
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what does R v Kennedy / R v Dalby show

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supplying a drug is not enough for unlawful act manslaughter

65
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what does DPP V Newbury and Jones show

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only need mens rea for unlawful act. not required to foresee any harm.

66
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what are the 4 aspects of Gross negligence manslaughter

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Duty of care
breach of duty
Gross
risk of death

67
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what are the three aspects of duty of care

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proximity of relationship
reasonable foreseeability of harm
fair just and reasonable

68
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what did adomako show

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civil concept of negligence still applies

69
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what did r v Singh show

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landlords can be held accountable for faulty gas and the death of his tenants

70
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what does r v Litchfield show

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ship owner can own a duty of care to the people on his ship

71
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what did R V Wacker show

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that for all victims (the illegal immigrants in this case) were a part of the illegal act it does not matter to ds liability

72
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how was Stone and Dobinson unfair

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they had a duty to call for help because it was Stone’s sister, even though they were also ill they had a duty to get help

73
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what must the breach of duty do

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there must be a factual and legal cause of the death

74
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what did the judge state in Adomako relating to gross negligence

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it is up to the Jury to decide whether the negligence was “gross”

75
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what did R v Misra and Srivastava show

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they tried to claim that elements of the law were unclear so that it breached elements of Article 7 of the ECHR. failed as Adomako had already explained this.

76
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Evaluation of UdAM

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wide range of conduct - blameworthiness varies
death was an unexpected result- did not expect other man to die due to his actions
objective test means that if D did not realise danger he is still guilty.

77
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Reform of UdAM

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set out in 2006 report that UdAM should be abolished
should be three tier system
it would allow harsher sentences for more mens rea - second degree murder
criminal act would mean that it would be a subjective test to whether they realise they could be convicted

78
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Evaluate GNM

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circular test- not clear and confusing “was it criminal”
inconsistent verdicts- jury decides whether it is gross enough to be criminal
uses civil test for whether someone has been negligent
hard to test what a good enough risk of death is.

79
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Reform of GNM

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2006 law reform report
only guilty when: causes death, obvious to person in that position, appreciated risk at time, falls below circumstances
prosecution would prove the risk was appreciated

subjective recklessness manslaughter- no intent.

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