4. Causation - Cause In Law

Question 0

1). The defendants conduct was the _______ ______ of the consequence.

Answer 0

Factual cause

Question 1

Causation - To prove that there was a _______ to the action, the prosecution must show.

Answer 1

Consequence

Question 2

2. The defendants conduct was the ______ __ ___ of the consequence.

Answer 2

Cause in law

Question 3

3. There was no ________ ___ to break the chain of causation.

Answer 3

Intervening act

Question 4

Cause in law - A defendant can be convicted even if their conduct was not only the cause of the ______. The rule is that it must be the ‘_______ & _______’ cause.

Answer 4

Consequence

Substantial & Operative

Question 5

Medical neglected will only break the ____ __ _______ in very rare circumstances.

Answer 5

Chain of causation

Question 6

E.g - defendant shot victim and victim was taken to hospital, where tracheotomy was performed. 6 weeks later, victim suffered breathing problems, because of the tracheotomy scar & died. The hospital did not brake the chain of causation. What case was this?

Answer 6

Cheshire

Question 7

Defendants ______ need not be the sole or even the main _____ of death as long as they contributed significantly to the result.

Answer 7

Actions

Cause

Question 8

The ____ _____ ____ states a defendant must take his victim as he find them.

Answer 8

Thin skull rule

Question 9

If the ______ suffers from an unusual condition which means the ___ caused more serious injury then it would in a ‘normal’ person, then the _______ is still _____ for the serious injury.

Answer 9

Victim
Act
Defendant
Liable

Question 10

Defendant stabbed an 18-year-old woman and punctured her lung, at the hospital the victim was told she would need a blood transfusion to save her but she refused contrary to her religious belief,she died the next day.
Held guilty of manslaughter. What case is this?

Answer 10

Blaue