Unlawful Act Manslaughter Flashcards

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1
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Where is unlawful act manslaughter contained

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Common law

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Is UAM a indictable, TEW or summary offence?

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Indictable- max sentence of life

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What are the 4 elements of UAM

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  • must be an initial unlawful act
  • act must be dangerous
  • cause death of V
  • must prove MR of initial unlawful act
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What is not enough for an unlawful act, use a case

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A civil wrongful (franklin)

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What does the case of lamb say

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He wasn’t found guilty of UAM as there was no initial act, even though he was the factual/legal cause of death

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What will not suffice an unlawful act, use a case

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An omission (Lowe)

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What does the case of good fellow say

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The initial unlawful act doesnt have to be aimed at a person, for example an offence agisnt the property satisfies UAM

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What type of test is the dangerousness test

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Objective

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What is the test for dangerousness and what case establishes this

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Church- would the RM foresee risk of some harm in the circumstance

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What do the RM and the D have the same of, use a case

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Same knowledge (Dawson)

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What does the case of R v Larkin say

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The dangerous act doesn’t need to be aimed at or be dangerous to the ultimate victim

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What does the case of R v JM and SM say

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There is no requirement that the RM should foresee the specific type of harm that the v suffers as a result of the unlawful act

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For causes death of the V, what must be proven

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Factual and legal cause

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14
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Whats the NAI just for unlawful act manslaughter

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Where the V self injects drugs given to them from the drug dealer

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What happens when the D injects the V

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If D injects v but has no intent to kill/cause GBH- guilty of UAM (unlawful act= administering of noxious substance)

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16
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What will the D be charged under if they have injected the V themself

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S23 of the offence against the person act 1861

17
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Whats the result of the D preparing the drug and the V self injecting, use a case

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D not guilt of UAM as self injection breaks chain (Kennedy- highlights free will of V)

18
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If the D has intent to kill/cause GBH, what is the outcome

A

D charged with murder

19
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What case highlights the MR of the initial unlawful act

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Newbury and jones

20
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what does the case of Newbury and jones say

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You don’t need to prove that the D was aware that his acts were unlawful/ that he foresaw harm
Enough that D had MR of initial unlawful act/knew what he was doing was