Criminal law - murder And Causation Flashcards

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R v Janjua and Chaudhary

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intent to cause ‘really’ serious harm

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R v Clegg

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AR for murder - unlawful killing of a reasonable creature under the kings peace

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R v Nedrick

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MR for murder

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R v Woollin

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MR for murder oblique intent

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R v Mohan

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Direct intent - it was the defendants decision to bring about the prohibited consequence

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R v Malcherek and steel

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‘brain stem’ is the current medical test for death

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R v Inglis

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A vegetative state (disabled life) is still a life

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AG Ref No3 of 1994

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It can still be murder or manslaughter if a child is born alive but later dies due to the act

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R v Latimer

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Transferred malice outside of murder - The MR can move from the intended victim to the real victim

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R v smith

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novus actus interveniuns

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11
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R v Kimsey

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legal causation - de minimus principle

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R v Pagett

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Factual causation - ‘but for’ test

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13
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R v Bleau

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Thin skull rule

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R v Cheshire

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Medical negligence rarely leads to novus actus interveniuns

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15
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Fagan v Mpc

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Principle of correspondence can be continuing act

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R v gnango

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Defines or establishes transferred malice