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Criminal Law - AR
Actus Reus (Omissions, Factual/Legal causation)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pittwood | Contractual duty (level crossing operator fails to close gates) |
| Dytham | Duty through official position (fails to stop people kicking someone to death) |
| Instan | Duty taken on voluntarily (offers to look after gangrenous aunt) |
| Gibbins and Proctor | Duty through relationship (starve child) |
| Miller | Duty by creating dangerous situation (sets alight sofa) |
| White | Not a factual cause of mothers death (heart attack not poison) |
| Paggett | Factual case (uses pregnant woman as human shield) |
| Smith | Poor medical treatment doesn't break chain of causation |
| Jordan | Medical treatment 'palpably wrong' breaking chain of causation |
| Roberts | Jumping out of car doesn't break chain (D made sexual advances to V) |
| Williams | Jumping out of car breaks chain (asking for wallet) |
| Blaue | Thin Skull rule - victims weakness doesn't break chain |