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Crime 1
Foundations: AR, Omissions, Causation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hill v Baxter | Swarm of bees! |
| Pittwood | Omissions - contractual duty |
| Dytham | Omissions - official position |
| Miller | Omissions - creating a dangerous situation |
| Instan | Omissions - voluntary assumption (gangrene!) |
| Gibbins & Proctor | Omissions - duty through relationship |
| RTA 1988 | Omissions - statutory duty |
| White | No factual causation |
| Paggett | Human shield |
| Roberts | ABH - jumped from car |
| Williams | Jumped from car and died |
| Marjoram | Girl fell from balcony |
| Blaue | Thin skull rule |
| Dear | V opened up their wound |
| Jordan | Medical treatment was 'palpably wrong' |
| Smith | Dropped from stretcher |
| Hughes | De minimis rule |
| Wallace | Euthanasia/suicide may not break the chain of causation |