Steps to Sucess

Question 1

S2S - Actus Reus

Answer 1

intro - doing part of a crime
1. Voluntary act (baxter)
2. State of Affairs (larsoneur)
3. Omissions (relevant case)
4. Causation (white) (pagett)
5. Intervening acts (relevant case)

Question 2

S2S - Attempts

Answer 2

intro - criminal attempts act 1981
1. AR - s.1
2. AR tests (gullefer) (geddes)
3. MR
4. MR attempted murder (whybrow)
5. Impossible crimes (shivpuri)

Question 3

S2S - MR

Answer 3

Intro – guilty mind
1. Direct intent (adebolajo)
2. Oblique Intention (woolin + test)
3. Recklessness (cunningham + test)
4. Negligence (adomako)
5. Coincidence (fagan) / Transferred Malice (mitchell)

Question 4

S2S - strict liability

Answer 4

intro - lord scarman, gammon rules
1. presumption of MR (parsley)
2. wording / context (cundy)
3. quasi offences (shah and shah)
4. danger/ social concern (gammon)
5. deterrence

Question 5

S2S - theft

Answer 5

intro - s1 TA 1968
1. appropriation (morris)
2. property (oxford v moss)
3. belonging to another (turner)
4. dishonesty (barton and booth and test)
5. ITPD (lloyd)

Question 6

S2S - robbery

Answer 6

intro - s.8 TA 1968
1. theft (corcoran v anderton)
2. force (dawson and james)
3. timing (hale)
4. purpose (donaghy)
5. MR - intent to steal, intent for force

Question 7

S2S - burglary

Answer 7

intro - s.9 TA 1968, 2 types of robbery
1. entry (ryan)
2. building (leathley/ walkington)
3. tresspass (collins)
4. intent to tresspass
5. intent for final offence

Question 8

S2S - murder

Answer 8

intro - define murder, lord coke
1. unlawful killing (gibbins and proctor)
2. causation (white, pagett)
3. intervening acts
4. DI to kill/ gbh (adebolajo)
5. OI to kill / gbh ( woolin and test)

Question 9

S2S - DR

Answer 9

intro - define, s.2 HA and s.52 CJA
1. abnormal mental functioning (byrne)
2. recognised medical condition (ahluwalia, Brown)
3. substantial impairment (yorkshire ripper)
4. provides explanation ,S.1b HA
5. intoxication (deitshman)

Question 10

S2S - LOC

Answer 10

intro - define, s.54 CJA
1. loss of self control (jewell)
2. qualifying triggers
3. fear (dawes)
4. anger (zebedee)
5. standard of control (camplin)

Question 11

S2S - UAM

Answer 11

intro - common law, define uam
1. unlawful act (larkin)
2. dangerous test (church) (goodfellow)
3. causation (white) (pagett)
4. intervening acts
5. MR for unlawful act (newbury and jones)

Question 12

S2S - GNM

Answer 12

intro - negligence define (adomako)
1. duty of care, examples
2. breach duty (evans)
3. obvious risk of death (rose)
4. causation (broughton)
5. grossly negligent (misra)

Question 13

S2S - assult

Answer 13

intro - common law,sentence in s.39 Crim justice act 2009
1. must be an act (constanza)
2. made v aiuf (ireland/ burstow)
3. immediate (smith)
4. MR intends for v to aiuf
5. MR reckless for making v fear aiuf (logdon)

Question 14

S2S - battery

Answer 14

intro - common law, s.39 CJA, some implied consent
1. act/ omission (santa bermudez)
2. unlawful force (thomas)
3. direct/indirect (DPP V K)
4. intent for unlawful force (fagan)
5. reckless for unlawful force

Question 15

S2S - ABH

Answer 15

intro - common law, s.47 OAPA 1861
1. assult/ battery (constanza)
2. occasioning abh (DPP V K)
3. define abh (ireland)
4. intent for assult/ battery (fagan)
5. reckless for assult / battery