ACTUS REUS (THEORY)

Question 1

Actus reus is….

Answer 1

Something an individual does that is a criminal offence

Question 2

What are the 2 types of causation and what do they mean?

Answer 2

Legal Causation: Thin Skull Rule, Chain of Causation
Factual Causation: Would not have happened ‘but for’ the fact

Question 3

What is the thin skull rule?

Answer 3

D must leave the victim as they were found. If V has a condition which worsens condition D is liable for further injury

Question 4

What is the chain of causation and what can it be broken by?

Answer 4

Needs to prove legal and factual to avoid innocent people from being convicted.
- an act of a 3rd party
- victims own act
- natural but unpredicted event

Question 5

Victims own act:

Answer 5

D causes victim to react in a foreseeable way then any injury to V will be caused by D.

Question 6

Natural but unpredictable event:

Answer 6

Natural hazard / event that caused something to happen