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Criminal Law - Invol
Involuntary Manslaughter: Gross Negligence Manslaughter
Question | Answer |
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Test for GNM | (1) Duty (2) Breach (3) Risk of Death (4) Cause of death (5) In all circums, are d's actions bad enough to warrant crim liability (gross) |
Bateman | GNM: "such disregard for life and safety of others as to amount to a crime against the state and conduct deserving punishment" |
Wacker | Container found to have 58 immigrant bodies. driver owed a duty despite V's involvement in illegal plan + court found driver guilty due to extreme carelessness |
Wood v Hodgson | Babysitters hide ecstasy tablets in cigarette packet. Kid finds, eats, dies. Babysitter not guilty as not gross negligence |
Misra & Srivastava | Post operative care patient dies due to undiagnosed infection - jury deciding if gross part of test doesn't breach article 7 ECHR |
How do you identify if a duty is owed? | precedent from omissions scenarios (e.g. Evans: Creating dangerous situation) |
Evans | created dangerous situation so owed a duty (supplied heroin) - tells us to look for omissions scenarios for duties owed |
Finlay | Scout trip to snowden - not GNM |
Adomako | Outlined test for GNM - leading case: doctor failed to notice oxygen tube disconnect causing V to die |