GNM

Question 1

5 Requirements were established in Adomako:

Answer 1

Act/omission that factually and legally causes death
Serious risk of death (Singh)
Must be a duty of care
Breach of duty
Gross negligence

Question 2

3) Must be a duty of care

Answer 2

Civil standard established in Donoghue v Stevenson and Caparo v Dickman
Decision for the judge (Singh)
Could be omission (Pittwood, miller etc)

Question 3

4) Breach of duty

Answer 3

Fallen below the standard of the reasonable man

Question 4

Gross negligence

Answer 4

Negligence is gross when such disregard for the life and safety of others is shown to amount to a crime deserving of punishment (Bateman)