Gross Negligence Manslaughter(invol)

Question 1

R v Adomako

Answer 1

Facts: d was anaesthetist, he failed to notice that the tube supplying oxygen to v became disconnected, v suffered Brain damage and died 6 months later

Ratio: d’s failure to react was abysmal

Question 2

R v Singh

Answer 2

Facts: d was landlord of a property which a faulty gas leak fire caused death of tenants

Ratio: duty of care exists in different situations

Question 3

R v wacker

Answer 3

Facts: immigrants found dead at back of lorry due to a closed vent

Ratio: clearly assumed the duty of care

Question 4

R v stone and Dobinson

Answer 4

Facts: d’s failed to look after girl who was suffering with anorexia, she died as a result

Ratio: d’s assumption of responsibility to the v

Question 5

R v Bateman

Answer 5

Facts: d was a doctor. v’s uterus came away during childbirth, d did not send v to hospital for 5 days, and she later died

Ratio: he had carried out the normal procedures that any competent doctor would have done. He had not been grossly negligent

Question 6

R v misra and srivastava

Answer 6

Facts: d’s were doctors who failed to identify and treat v for an infection. D died from infection

Ratio: adomako test did not infringe convention rights