Criminal law - murder And Causation Flashcards
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R v Janjua and Chaudhary
intent to cause ‘really’ serious harm
R v Clegg
AR for murder - unlawful killing of a reasonable creature under the kings peace
R v Nedrick
MR for murder
R v Woollin
MR for murder oblique intent
R v Mohan
Direct intent - it was the defendants decision to bring about the prohibited consequence
R v Malcherek and steel
‘brain stem’ is the current medical test for death
R v Inglis
A vegetative state (disabled life) is still a life
AG Ref No3 of 1994
It can still be murder or manslaughter if a child is born alive but later dies due to the act
R v Latimer
Transferred malice outside of murder - The MR can move from the intended victim to the real victim
R v smith
novus actus interveniuns
R v Kimsey
legal causation - de minimus principle
R v Pagett
Factual causation - ‘but for’ test
R v Bleau
Thin skull rule
R v Cheshire
Medical negligence rarely leads to novus actus interveniuns
Fagan v Mpc
Principle of correspondence can be continuing act