Medical Intervention and Causation Flashcards
1
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R v Smith
A
- Soldier stabbed another soldier, V’s medical treatment poor and affected chances of recovery.
- D liable if the injuries he caused are still an operating and substantial cause.
2
Q
R v Cheshire
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- D shot V, V died because of complications from the tracheotomy, his wounds were virtually healed.
- Medical treatment would only break chain of causation if it is ‘so independent’ of Ds acts and in itself so potent ‘in itself so potent causing death’
3
Q
R v Jordan
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- V was stabbed, when wounds almost healed he was given a large dose of a drug to which it was known he was allergic.
- Chain of causation was brokenn
4
Q
R v Malcherek
A
- D stabbed wife.
- Wife put on life-support but when tests were shown she was brain dead, machine switched off.
- Switching off life-support machine does not break the chain of causation.
