Omissions- Duty to Act

Question 1

Pittwood (1902)

Answer 1

A contractual duty - railway gatekeeper

Question 2

Gibbins and Proctor (1918)

Answer 2

A duty because of relationship - father - child starved

Question 3

Stone and Dobinson (1977)

Answer 3

A duty taken on voluntarily - Ill sister

Question 4

Dytham (1979)

Answer 4

A duty through one’s official position - police - no action to stop

Question 5

Miller (1983)

Answer 5

A duty which arises because D set in motion a chain of events OR failure to minimalise harm - squatter fire

Question 6

Statutory duty

Answer 6

Failure to report a road traffic accident or to provide a specimen of breath

Question 7

A contractual duty - railway keeper

Answer 7

Pittwood

Question 8

A duty because of relationship- father, child starved

Answer 8

Gibbins and Proctor

Question 9

A duty taken on voluntarily

Answer 9

Stone and Dobinson

Question 10

A duty which arises because d set in motion a chain of events OR failure to minimalise risk

Answer 10

Miller

Question 11

Failure to report a road traffic accident

Failure to provide a specimen of breath

Answer 11

Statutory duty

Question 12

A duty through ones official position - police officer saw attack

Answer 12

Dytham