NON-FATAL Flashcards
Case for AR must be voluntary
(Hill v Baxter)
Duty to act as parents
(Gibbins v Proctor)
Assumed duty to act
(Stone v Dobinson)
Contractual duty to act
(R v Pittwood)
Duty to act as D set in motion a chain of events
(R v Miller)
Public duty to act
(R v Dytham)
Statutory Duty to Act
S170 Road Traffic Act 1988
Factual Causation
(R v White)
Legal causation
(R v Smith)
I: (R v Smith)
Act of third party: operating and substantial cause of death and therefore more than minimal cause
I: (R v Roberts)
V’s own actions: must be reasonably foreseeable
I: (R v Cheshire)
Medical negligence: extraordinary and unusual
I: Act of God/ nature
A natural but unpredictable event
I: (R v Blaue)
Thin skull rule: D must take their victim as they found them
R v Mohan
Direct intent: Desired outcome in mind
(R v Woolin)
Oblique intent: virtual certainty and D must realise this
(R v Cunningham)
Subjective recklessness: realises risk but takes it anyway
(R v Adamako)
Negligence: committed wrong doing which resulted in V’s injury or death
(Larsonneur)
State of affairs crime: ‘being’ rather than ‘doing’
(R v Latimer)
Transferred Malice
(R v Mitchell)
Transferred Malice- manslaughter
(R v Pembilton)
Transferred Malice- criminal damage
(Gammon v AG for Hong Kong)
5 factors strict liability
(Sweet v Parsley)
Strict liability: requirements of MR