gross negligence manslaughter Flashcards

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gross negligence manslaughter

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where the D is grossly negligent in breach of duty of care towards the V and this results in Vs death

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3 elements

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> they owe C a duty of care, and
they breached this duty
the breach caused reasonably foreseeable injury or damage

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Adomako established that to prove GNM it must be proved that…

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> existence of a DofC by the D towards V
a breach of that duty causes death
gross negligence that the jury considers to be so bad as to be criminal

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Adomako

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hospital doing an operation, an oxygen pipe became disconnected and the patient died. The anaesthetist failed to notice or respond to obvious signs of disconnection

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R v Broughton ; reinstated 6 elements

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  1. D owed Dof C to the V
  2. D negligently breached that duty
  3. at the time of breach their was a serious and obvious risk of death
  4. reasonably foreseeable at the time of breach
  5. BofD caused or made a significant contribution to death of V
  6. view of the jury- circumstance of the breach were exceptionally bad
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  1. existence of a duty of care
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> R v Stone and Dobinson
R v singh
R v Litchfield

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R v Stone and Dobinson

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D had undertaken the care of S’s elderly sister. She was unable to care for herself. D failed to feed her or get her medical help, the old lady died.
DofC established as they’d voluntarily agreed to care for her

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R v Singh

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D was a landlord of property which a faulty gas fire caused the death of tenants.
It was recognised that there was a duty on the D to manage and maintain property properly.

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R v Litchfield

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D owned saying ship - he sailed; knowing that the engines might fail because of contamination to the fuel. The ship was blown onto rocks and 3 crew members died. Held that the D owed a duty to the crew

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Wacker

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even if V was party to a criminal act D can still owe a duty
D had agreed to carry illegal immigrants in his lorry across the channel. The air vent enabling them to breathe was closed for the journey.
crossing took an hour longer then expected - 59 immigrants died of suffocation

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R v Khan and Khan

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other situations can lead to a DofC
Ds supplied heroine to V then left her alone
obiter stated duty situations could extend to this

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there must be a serious and obvious risk of death

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if risk is merely of some injury that wouldn’t be fatal, GNM wouldn’t apply.
foreseeability is objectively assessed with respect Ds knowledge at the time

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R v Rose

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routine eye test on a 7yr old boy and negligently examined the back of his eyes. He later died due to swelling of optic nerve which could’ve been observed if the eye test was carried out properly.
‘’ the fact that an examination might reveal serious life threatening problems doesn’t mean that there is a ‘serious and obvious risk of death if such an examination isn’t carried out’’
knowledge at the time - it was a routine eye test

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  1. the breach of duty caused death
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duty been shown to exist so it must be proved that D was in breach of that duty and this breached caused death of V
THIS IS MATTER FOR THE JURY
did D negligently do or fail to do something?
general rules of causation apply

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  1. gross negligence
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the negligence must be ‘‘gross’’

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Adomako ‘‘whether… the conduct of the D was..

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so bad in all circumstances as to amount to a criminal act or ommission’’
what amounts to gross negligence is for the jury to decide

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Bateman

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negligence must be gross and go beyond a mere matter of compensation between subjects

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R v Sellu

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evidence for the prosecution given by medical experts referred to d having having being ‘‘grossly negligent’’ and ‘‘grossly incompetent’’
Ds conviction was quashed
the rise must be a serious and obvious risk of death, not merely serious injury

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R v Misra and Srivastava

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The V was the Ds patient. V developed an undiagnosed and untreated infection in the wound, despite obvious symptoms. the Jury had to decide if behaviour was grossly negligent, consequently criminal

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R v Zaman - reasonable foresight

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V suffered from a peanut allergy and made the waiter specifically confirm the meal contained no nuts. Sample of food found that it was contaminated to a sufficient level
week later V died - D was charged

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mens rea

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Ds behaviour is judged by the standard of he reasonable man - subjective standard