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| The case where a driver could be said to be doing the act of driving voluntarily |
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| An example of a parliamentary act which says that you have to act, otherwise you will be found guilty of a criminal offence. |
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| Road Traffic Act, failing to wear a seatbelt |
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| Common Law: Contractual Duty |
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| Pittwood (1902)- Railway Crossing |
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| Common Law: Duty due to a relationship |
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| Gibbins & Proctor (1918)- Parents starved their child; they were found guilty of murder |
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| Common Law: Voluntary Duty |
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| Stone (1977)- Old sister came to live with D |
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| Common Law: Duty due to an official position |
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| Dytham (1979)- Policeman saw an assault but didn't stop it |
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| Common Law: Where the defendant set into motion a chain of events |
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| Miller- Fire-starting squatter |
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| Common Law: Duty due to a relationship |
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| Gibbins & Proctor (1918)- Parents starved their child; they were found guilty of murder |
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| Causation: Where the victim "would not have died but for the defendant's actions" |
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| Pagett(1983)- Girlfriend as shield |
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| Causation: Where the victim did not die "but for the defendant's actions" meaning he was not guilty. |
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| White (1910)- Cyanide in mother's drink |
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| Causation: Reasonable foreseeable actions (chain was not broken) |
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| Roberts (1971)- Girl jumping from car |
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| Causation: Where medical treatment did not break the chain |
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| Smith- Soldiers having a fight |
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| Causation: Where the wound was still the operative and substantial cause, so the death was a result of a wound |
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| Causation: Where medical treatment broke the chain |
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| Jordan- multiple antibiotics |
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| Causation: Think Skull Rule |
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