Causation Flashcards

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1
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What is the equation for causation

A

Factual + legal - novus actus intervenius = offence

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What case is used for factual causation

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R v Pagett

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3
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What does R v Pagett create

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But for test

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What is the But for test

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But for the defendants actions would the same result have occured

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5
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What is R v Pagett

A

D used his girlfriend as a human shield

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What is the lead case for Legal causation

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R v Kimsey

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What was R v Kimsey

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D was in a car race

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What did Kimsey establish

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De minimus principle

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What is the de minimus principle

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Was D more than a minimal contribution to the commission of the full offence

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10
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What case establishes the thin skull rule in legal causation

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R v Blaue

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What was r v blaue

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D stabbed a girl. girl refused treatment

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What is the thin skull rule

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Yu take the victim as you find them so you ignore all previous existing conditions

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What are the different types of novus actus intervenius

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Medical treatment
life support
daftness test
refusal of treatment

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14
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What three cases go with medical treatment

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Jordan Cheshire Smith

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15
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What happens in Jordan and Cheshire

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D dies from medical treatment

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16
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What happens in Smith

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D was not given medical treatment

17
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What cases go with Life support

A

Malcherek and steel

18
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What happened in Malcherek and Steel

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D stabbed V. V’s life support was turned off

19
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What three cases go with the Daftness

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Roberts Marjomam Williams and Davies

20
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What happens in all cases for Daftness

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V had jumped out of the car to escape D

21
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What two cases go with refusal of treatment

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R v Holland and R v Dear

22
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What happens in R v Holland

A

V refused to get an amputation and died

23
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What happened in R v Dear

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V reopened a wound and died as a result