Causation Flashcards
What is the equation for causation
Factual + legal - novus actus intervenius = offence
What case is used for factual causation
R v Pagett
What does R v Pagett create
But for test
What is the But for test
But for the defendants actions would the same result have occured
What is R v Pagett
D used his girlfriend as a human shield
What is the lead case for Legal causation
R v Kimsey
What was R v Kimsey
D was in a car race
What did Kimsey establish
De minimus principle
What is the de minimus principle
Was D more than a minimal contribution to the commission of the full offence
What case establishes the thin skull rule in legal causation
R v Blaue
What was r v blaue
D stabbed a girl. girl refused treatment
What is the thin skull rule
Yu take the victim as you find them so you ignore all previous existing conditions
What are the different types of novus actus intervenius
Medical treatment
life support
daftness test
refusal of treatment
What three cases go with medical treatment
Jordan Cheshire Smith
What happens in Jordan and Cheshire
D dies from medical treatment
What happens in Smith
D was not given medical treatment
What cases go with Life support
Malcherek and steel
What happened in Malcherek and Steel
D stabbed V. V’s life support was turned off
What three cases go with the Daftness
Roberts Marjomam Williams and Davies
What happens in all cases for Daftness
V had jumped out of the car to escape D
What two cases go with refusal of treatment
R v Holland and R v Dear
What happens in R v Holland
V refused to get an amputation and died
What happened in R v Dear
V reopened a wound and died as a result
