Gross Negligence Manslaughter^

Question 1

R V Adamako

Answer 1

the leading case for GNM
duty of care
breach
did it cause death

Question 2

Donoghue V Stevenson

Answer 2

neighbour principle
someone so closely affected by your actions that you ought to have regard for them

Question 3

Caparo V Dickman

Answer 3

3 part test for neighbour principle
proximity
ability to forsee harm
fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty of care

Question 4

R V Robinson

Answer 4

Caparo’s test is not rigid, just a guide line

Question 5

R V Broughton

Answer 5

reasonably foreseeable that the breach gave rise to a serious and obvious rise of death

Question 6

R V Khan & Khan

Answer 6

you have a duty if you created the situation

Question 7

R V Nettleship & Weston

Answer 7

learner drivers are held against the standard of a reasonable driver

Question 8

R V Bateman

Answer 8

the negligence went above compensation and showed such disregard for the life and safety of others

Question 9

R V Rudling

Answer 9

serious risk is not the same as possibility of death

Question 10

R V Rose

Answer 10

A mere possibility is not the same as obvious risk of death