Legal Causation

Question 1

What can break the chain of causation

Answer 1

1. The victims own action
2. Poor medical care- actions of a 3rd party
3. The thin skull rule

Question 2

When will the victims own actions break the chain of causation

Answer 2

When they’re unforeseeable and unreasonable

Question 3

What are the case names for Victims own actions

Answer 3

R v Roberts

Question 4

R v Roberts legal principle

Answer 4

The V’s own actions will not break a chain of causation when their actions are foreseeable and reasonable in the circumstances