Unlawful Act Manslaughter

Question 1

What is unlawful act manslaughter

Answer 1

Committed when a person causes the death of another human being by performing an unlawful and dangerous act that is likely to cause harm but not serious harm.

Question 2

What 3 elements does the actus reus require?

Answer 2

An unlawful act, that is dangerous and causes the death of the victim.

Question 3

What Is an unlawful act?

Answer 3

Must be a crime and not a civil wrong (Fenton). To establish this the courts will ask ‘would a crime still have been committed if v had not died’.