GNM+UAM

Question 1

4 stages of gross negligence manslaughter

Answer 1

Duty of care
Breach of duty
Causation
Gross

All ruled in Adomako

Question 2

Duty of care GNM

Answer 2

We owe a duty of care to people who are closely and directly affected by our actions- donohughe V Stevenson

May be created through an existing duty of care or a new one

Question 3

Breach of duty GNM

Answer 3

When D falls below the standard of the reasonable person doing the same task
Singh- compared to a reasonably competent land lord who would have conducted maintenance properly.

Question 4

Causation GNM

Answer 4

Breach must have been the substantial cause of death
Factual and legal causation
Think skull rule

Question 5

Gross in GNM

Answer 5

Negligence was so gross as to justify a criminal conviction.
Negligence goes from a civil to criminal claim when death is involved.
Misra + Shrivastava- risk of death must be present, risk to well being isn’t enough.