Murder Flashcards
1
Q
Pagett
A
But for D using girlfriend as a shield, she wouldn’t have died
2
Q
Blaue
A
Thin skull rule for blood transfusion - had to take stab victim as a Jehovah’s witness
3
Q
Beckford v R
A
Killings will be lawful if honest reasonable force
4
Q
AG Reference No 3 of 1984
A
Foetus has to be independent from mother
5
Q
Malcherek and Steel
A
No break in causation as patient already brain stem dead
6
Q
Kimsey
A
De minimis principle, more than a minimal cause
7
Q
Blackman
A
Killing not lawful as outside Geneva convention for war