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1
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Common Assault Act

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s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988

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2
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R v Nelson

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Assault requirements - “for the d to have done something of a physical kind which causes someone else to apprehend that they are about to be struck”

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AR of Assault

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Cause V to apprehend immediate unlawful violence

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MR of Assault

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Intention or recklessness for AR

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5
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Lamb v DPP

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No apprehension = no assault

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6
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Smith v Working Police

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Threat of assault can be immediate even through a closed window

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7
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Tuberville v Savage

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Words can negate an assault

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8
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R v Ireland

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Silent phone calls can be assault

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9
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R v Constanza

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Written words can be assault

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10
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AR of Battery

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Application of unlawful physical force

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11
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MR of Battery

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Intention or recklessness for AR

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12
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DPP v K

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An indirect act can amount to a battery

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13
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R v Thomas

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Touching clothes can amount to battery

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14
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Collins v Wilcock

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The slightest of touches can amount to battery

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15
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R v Venna

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MR for battery “intentional or reckless application of unlawful physical force”

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16
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ABH Act

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s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

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17
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AR of ABH

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Assault or battery which causes ABH

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18
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MR of ABH

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The MR for assault or battery

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19
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Miller 1954

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Definition of ABH - “any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the V”

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20
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T v DPP

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Loss of consciousness can amount to ABH

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21
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DPP v Smith

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Cutting hair can amount to ABH if it is a substantial amount.

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22
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Chan Fook

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Fear or panic is not enough for ABH

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23
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R v Savage

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MR for ABH does not need to be demonstrative of the harm caused

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24
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GBH Act and Sections

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s20 and s18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

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s20 GBH definition

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“unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict GBH on any other person, either with or without a weapon or instrument”

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AR of s20 GBH

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unlawfully wound or inflict GBH

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MR of s20 GBH

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Intention to cause harm or recklessness as to whether the harm would occur or not

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28
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JC v Eisenhower

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Rupturing a blood vessel is not enough for s20

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29
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Wood 1830

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Broken bones are not enough for GBH if there is no break in the skin

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30
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Saunders

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GBH only needs to be serious harm

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31
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Bollom

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The severity of injuries should be assessed according to V age and health (GBH)

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32
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Burstow

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Serious psychiatric injury can amount to GBH

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33
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R v Dica

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Biological harm can amount to GBH, eg. HIV

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34
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Cunningham

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GBH does not require ill will towards V

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35
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Parmenter

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No need to foresee the level of injury caused, but should be aware of the risk of some harm

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36
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AR of s18 GBH

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Unlawfully wound or inflict GBH

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37
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MR of s18 GBH

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Intention to do some GBH, resist or prevent the unlawful apprehension or detainer of any person (recklessness is not enough)

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38
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R v Taylor

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Intent to wound is not enough for s18 GBH

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39
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Morrison

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D intended or realised some risk of harm and took that risk

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40
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Moloney

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The foresight of consequences is not intention

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41
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Nedrick

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Harm caused needs to be a virtual certainty and the D realised this

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42
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Definition of Murder

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“the unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the Queen’s peace with malice aforethought, express or implied”

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43
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RE: A

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Not unlawful if it is avoiding evil, the actions go no further than avoiding the evil and the evil caused is not disproportionate to the one avoided

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44
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R v Inglis

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“mercy killing is murder”

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45
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R v Adams

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“a doctor is entitled to relieve pain and suffering, even if such measures shorten life”

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46
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R v Cox

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Has to actively bring about death

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47
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Malcherek and Steel

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Injuries caused death as the medical treatment was normal

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48
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Airedale NHS Trust v Bland

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Doctors should act in the best interest of the patient (stop feeding patient in a permanent vegetative state with unexpected recovery)

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49
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AG Ref No. 3

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A foetus is not a reasonable creature in being

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50
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R v Clegg

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A soldier acting under his duty can be guilty of murder if excessive force is used

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51
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R v Vickers

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Intent to do GBH is enough for murder

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52
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Diminished Responsibility Cases

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Voluntary manslaughter

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53
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Ahluwalia

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Battered women’s syndrome

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54
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R v Martin

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Paranoid personality disorder

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55
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R v Wood

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Alcohol dependency disorder

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56
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R v Tandy

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Alcoholism only considered if they cannot exercise any self control

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57
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Lloyd

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Must not be a trivial impairment

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58
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Golds

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Up to the jury to decide if they have a substantial impairment

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59
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Loss of Control Cases

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Voluntary manslaughter

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60
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R v Jewell

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Shot V at point-blank range

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61
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R v Ward

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Fear of serious violence towards another person is a qualifying trigger

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62
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Zebedee

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Grave character and justifiable sense of being seriously wronged

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63
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R v Hatter

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The end of a relationship is not a qualifying trigger

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64
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R v Bowyer

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V could say anything to get D to leave, no justifiable sense of being wronged

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65
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R v Dawes

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Infidelity is not a qualifying trigger

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66
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R v Clinton

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Infidelity can be considered with other qualifying triggers

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67
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Asmelash

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D was intoxicated, this is not taken into account

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68
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Unlawful Act

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Involuntary manslaughter

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69
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R v Franklin

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A civil wrong is not an unlawful act

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70
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R v Lamb

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no fear = no assault = no unlawful act

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71
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R v Lowe

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The unlawful act cannot be an omission

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72
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R v Larkin

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Doesn’t need to be aimed at the person, only has to be dangerous

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73
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Goodfellow

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The unlawful act can be aimed at property

74
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Dawson

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The act has to cause more than fear

75
Q

R v Church

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Objective test - sober and reasonable person

76
Q

JM and SM

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Does not have to foresee specific harm

77
Q

Bristow, Dunn and Delay

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Burglary carried out in way harm is foreseeable

78
Q

Newbury and Jones

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Intent only needed for the unlawful act

79
Q

Gross Negligence

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Involuntary manslaughter

80
Q

Adomako

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Requirements - for D to have a duty of care to V and breach that duty in a grossly negligent way causing death

81
Q

Singh

A

Landlords duty to maintain their property

82
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Litchfield

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Duty to protect their crew from harm

83
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Wacker

A

You can assume a duty of care

84
Q

Evans

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Mothers duty to her child

85
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Misra and Srivastava

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Disregard for safety causing death

86
Q

Act for property offences

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Theft Act 1968 (s1-6 theft, s8 robbery, s9 burglary)

87
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s1 theft definition

A

Dishonestly appropriate property belonging to another with the intention to permanently deprive

88
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R v Gosh

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Objective + subjective test (honest and reasonable)

89
Q

Ivey v Genting Casinos

A

A subjective test is not necessary

90
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Pitham v Hehl

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Right to sell

91
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R v Morris

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Assume any of the rights

92
Q

Lawrence

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Consent doesn’t prevent appropriation

93
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Gomez

A

Consent can be taken by deception

94
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Hinks

A

Can appropriate voluntary gifts

95
Q

Kelley and Lindsay

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Body parts can be property

96
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Oxford v Moss

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Confidential info is not property

97
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R v Turner

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Can steal own property if someone else has a proprietary interest in it

98
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R v Woodman

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Can control property you weren’t aware you owned

99
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Ricketts

A

Property of giver/charity

100
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Davidge and Bunnett

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Legal obligation s5(3)

101
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AG Ref No 1

A

Obligation to return s5(4)

102
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R v Gilks

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Moral obligation, do not need to return

103
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R v Lavender

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If D treats property as their own they have intent

104
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R v Lloyd

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Take all goodness, virtue and practical value

105
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R v Velumyl

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Must return the exact property

106
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Definition of Robbery

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s8(1) - Steals and, immediately before or at the time of doing so, uses force or seeks to put another person in fear of violence being used then and there

107
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AR for Robbery

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theft with force/threat of force immediately before or at the time

108
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MR for Robbery

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MR for theft and intent to use force

109
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R v Waters

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Not theft if s6 cannot be established

110
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Concoran v Anderton

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Even if D leaves without item, robbery is completed

111
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R v Clouden

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Up to jury to decide on force

112
Q

B and R v DPP

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No need to show V felt threatened if implied by Ds actions

113
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P v DPP

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Force must be direct contact

114
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R v Lockley

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Theft cannot be met before force is established

115
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R v Raphael

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Wide interpretation of s6 needed for robbery

116
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R v Hale

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Robbery is a continuing act until all element of theft are met

117
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AR of Burglary

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Entry of a building or part of a building as a trespasser

118
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MR of Burglary

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s9(1)(a) intent before and intention of theft, GBH or criminal damage
s9(1)(b) intent after and intention of theft, GBH or criminal damage

119
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R v Brown

A

“effective entry”

120
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R v Ryan

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Part of body enters building

121
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B and S v Leathley

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Freezer container on sleepers, connected to electricity not B/PoaB

122
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Norfolk Constabulary v Seekings and Gould

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Lorry trailer is not B/PoaB

123
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Walkington

A

Another part of a building eg behind shop counter

124
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R v Collins

A

Permission to enter

125
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R v Smith and Jones

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Going beyond permission given

126
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s2(1)(a), (b) and (c)

s2(2)

A

They believe they have the right to appropriate, consent, cannot find the owner
Willing to pay for the property

127
Q

s4(3)

s4(4)

A

wild plants unless commercial purposes

wild animals unless reduced to property

128
Q

M’Naghten

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3 elements for insanity
□ defect of reason
□ caused by a disease of the mind
□ nature or quality of the act/legally wrong

129
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Clarke 1972

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Absentmindedness is not enough

130
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R v Coley

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A D who is voluntarily intoxicated and suffers a psychotic episode cannot claim insanity

131
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R v Kemp

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Hardening of arteries was a disease of the mind

132
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R v Sullivan

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Epilepsy is a disease of the mind

133
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R v Burgess

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Sleepwalking can be a disease of the mind

134
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Oye

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Understanding of nature and quality of the act

135
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Johnson

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Understand the act is legally wrong

136
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Windle

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Wording can show he understood the act was wrong

137
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Hill v Baxter

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Concept of no-fault if D is in an automatic state due to external cause (automatism)

138
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R v T

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Exceptional stress or PTSD can be an external factor that may cause automatism

139
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AG Ref No 2

A

Total destruction of voluntary control

140
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R v Bailey

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Insufficient evidence

141
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DPP v Beard

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So drunk, couldn’t form MR

142
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AG for Northern Ireland v Gallagher

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Had MR before intoxication = guilty

143
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DPP v Majewski

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Reckless as to becoming intoxicated, enough for basic intent

144
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R v Harris

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Alcoholic didn’t drink for a few days and suffered alcohol-induced hallucinations so can claim intoxication

145
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R v Kingston

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Ds coffee was spiked, he sexually assaulted a 15yo boy. He had the MR

146
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R v O’Grady

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Doesn’t have MR for murder but was reckless for manslaughter, drunken mistake/hallucination.

147
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Jaggard v Dickinson

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Broke into the wrong house, her friend would have consented. The exception to intoxicated mistake.

148
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Self-defence

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General defence

149
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Criminal Law Act 1967 s3

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A person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances

150
Q

Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

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(a) may not be able to weigh to a nicety the exact measure of necessary action; and
(b) honestly and instinctively thought it was necessary

151
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R v Hussain

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If force is used after the danger has passed, self-defence is not available

152
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Crime and Courts Act 2013 s43

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Wider defence to householders where an intruder enters their property

153
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CaCA s76(5)(a)

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For degree of force to be reasonable it must not be grossly disproportionate

154
Q

To be a householder requirements

A

□ force must be used by D while in or partly in a building that is a dwelling
□ D must not be a trespasser
□ D must have believed V to be a trespasser

155
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Collins v Secretary State for Justice

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S76(5)(a) /= any degree of force, the jury is to decide if it was reasonable

156
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R v Gladstone Williams

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D must be judged on the facts they genuinely believed them to be, even if they are mistaken, regardless of whether the mistake was unreasonable.

157
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AG Ref (No 2 of 1983)

A

Can make preparations if you fear an attack

158
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R v Bird

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Striking first doesn’t mean force is unnecessary

159
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R v Clegg (Defence)

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Self-defence not available if there is no danger when shot is fired, force is excessive

160
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s76(3) CJIA

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(3) Reasonable force must be judged by the circumstances the D believed them to be

161
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s76(4) CJIA

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(4) If D claims to have held a particular belief
(a) the reasonableness of that belief is relevant
(b) If held, D is entitled to s76(3) whether or not
(i) it was mistaken, or
(ii) the mistake was a reasonable one

162
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R v Martin (Anthony)

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Personality disorders can not be taken into account when considering self-defence
Force is excessive

163
Q

Olugboja

A

There is a difference between real consent and submission

164
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Clarence

A

Consent was irrelevant as she was not aware of her husbands STI

165
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R v Dica (consent)

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Should be made fully aware of the risks

166
Q

Konzani

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If D would not have cont. knowing all the facts, then consent is not informed or valid

167
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Wilson and Pringle

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“Ordinary jostlings” of everyday life are not battery

168
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R v Barnes

A

Breach of rules in sport must be a serious one for there to be an offence

Consider:
Intention of injury 
Reckless
During or after consented activity 
Within rules
169
Q

AG Ref No. 6

A

Exclusions from consent

Games/sports
Surgical interference 
Tattooing/piercings 
Horseplay 
Dangerous exhibitions
170
Q

R v Brown

A

5 consenting men convicted of sexual assault occasioning ABH and malicious wounding, none needed medical attention. It was considered a case of public policy and protection against a ‘cult of violence’ (homophobia)

171
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R v Wilson

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Branded his wife, was not unlawful despite medical attention being needed unlike in the case of Brown

172
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R v Aitken

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Can have an honest but mistaken belief of consent.

173
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R v Jones

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Genuine mistaken belief in ‘rough and undisciplined horseplay’ could be a defence even if the belief was unreasonable.

174
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Re: F

A

It is lawful to operate or give medical treatment if they cannot consent and it is the common duty to do so.

175
Q

Mitchell 1983

A

mens rea can transfer if v dies as a direct result

176
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Gnango 2011

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Intent to kill but mistakenly kills another, guilty via transferred malice.

177
Q

Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner

A

formed the mens rea and continued the act, this is transferred malice

178
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R v Pagett

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Own acts can be novus actus interveniens

179
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R v Jordan

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Medical treatment can be novus actus interveniens if it is the direct cause of death

180
Q

R v Blaue

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Thin Skull Rule - legal causation

181
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R v White

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