Omissions Flashcards
1
Q
Dytham [1979]
A
Police officer had duty to act and was liable for misconduct in public office when he failed to intervene in an incident
2
Q
Pit wood [1902]
A
Contractual duty to act
3
Q
Gibbins and Proctor [1918]
A
Familial duty to act - parent and child
4
Q
Hood [2004]
A
Familial duty to act - spouse
5
Q
Stone and Dobinson [1977]
A
Assumed a duty of care when they took in an ill sister and when they failed to take good care of her (mainly due to low IQ) were criminally liable for her death
6
Q
Miller [1983]
A
Because D created a dangerous situation there was a duty to act and so was criminally liable for his omission
7
Q
Evans [2009]
A
Facts: D supplied drugs to V, when V fell ill D did nothing
D was liable as he created a dangerous situation
