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14 Cards in this Set
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Where does the definition come from? |
AG Reference (No 3 of 1994) 1997 |
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1st element |
Unlawful act |
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Which offences can be an unlawful act? |
Assault/battery/s20 |
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Franklin |
The unlawful act must be a criminal offence |
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Lamb |
Demonstrates Franklin |
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Newbury v Jones |
No additional mens rea |
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3rd element |
Unlawful act must cause death |
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Corion- Auguste |
Legal causation |
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Kennedy |
Victims own actions |
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Cato |
Chain not broken |
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4th element |
Unlawful act must be dangerous |
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Church |
All sober and reasonable people would recognise the risk of some harm not necessarily serious harm |
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Dawson |
Danger wasn’t obvious |
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Watson |
Danger was obvious- was elderly man |