Elements of crimes

Question 1

Dytham

Answer 1

Failure to investigate crime, public duty to act as police officer

Question 2

Pittwood

Answer 2

Failure to close the level crossing, contractual duty to close it

Question 3

Stone & Dobinson

Answer 3

Failure to look over sister, voluntarily assumed duty

Question 4

Gibbins & Proctor

Answer 4

Failure to look after daughter, special relationship duty

Question 5

Miller

Answer 5

Failure to report fire, D created dangerous situation

Question 6

Pagett

Answer 6

But for D using girlfriend as a shield, V wouldn’t have died

Question 7

Kimsey

Answer 7

Unclear who caused crash but D was more than minimal cause

Question 8

Roberts

Answer 8

V didn’t break chain jumping out of car as it was reasonable

Question 9

Cheshire

Answer 9

Medical treatment didn’t break chain as gunshot wound still main operating cause

Question 10

Jordan

Answer 10

Giving medicine was palpably wrong when allergic, wounds were healing

Question 11

Blaue

Answer 11

Thin skull rule, D had to take V as he found her as Jehovah’s Witness