Criminal Cases Flashcards
Which case establishes factual cause?
R v Pagett
Which case establishes legal cause?
R v Kimsey
Which case establishes intervening acts?
R v Pagett
Which case explores a victims own unreasonable act breaking the chain of causation?
R v Kennedy
Which case explores state of affairs and absolute liability?
R v Larsonneur
Which case explores omissions?
R v Gibbins and Procter
Which case explores transferred malice?
R v Gnango
Which case explores malice aforethought?
R v Cunningham
Which case explores oblique intent/foresight of consequences?
R v Woollin
Which case shows you cannot kill someone who is dead?
R v White
Which case explores abnormality in mental functioning?
R v Byrne
Which case explores what substantially impairs means?
R v Lloyd
Which case explores how D’s mental state provides explanation for their actions?
R v Gold
Which case shows intoxication alone cannot be a defense for murder?
R v Dowds
Which case shows ADS to be a recognised medical condition?
R v Woods
Which case shows that D must intend to commit the unlawful act?
DPP v Newbury and Jones
Which case shows the unlawful act must be a crime?
R v Lamb
Which case shows that an unlawful act cannot be a civil wrong?
R v Franklin
Which case shows that an unlawful act cannot be an omission?
R v Lowe
Which case establishes the objective test for a dangerous act?
R v Church
Which case explores the definition of “some harm”
R v JM and SM
Which case outlines the criteria for loss of control?
R v Jewell
Which case shows that D must fear violence from V against themselves or another identified person?
R v Ward
Which case shows that the “things said or done” must be extremely grave?
R v Zebedee
Which case shows that sexual infidelity cannot be a qualifying trigger?
R v Dawes
Which case shows that voluntary intoxication must not be taken into account in loss of control?
R v Asmelash
What case forms the basis of the defence of insanity?
R v M’Naghten
Which case shows defect of reason? (insanity)
R v Clarke
Which case outlines disease of the mind? (insanity)
R v Kemp
Which case shows an internal factor? (insanity)
R v Quick