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19 Cards in this Set
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Lamb |
Two friends playing with a gun, were unaware it was loaded. Killed his friend after the gun was fired. The actual act of holding the gun was not unlawful as v wasn't in fear of an assault. |
Unlawful act |
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Lowe |
V died due to child neglect, an omission is not sufficient for UAM |
Unlawful act |
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Franklin |
Threw a box off a pier which killed a swimmer, although it is a civil wrong it is not an unlawful act. |
Unlawful act |
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Larkin |
Waved razor and accidentally slashed his girlfriends throat, the unlawful act was an assault. |
Unlawful act |
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Mitchell |
Harm doesn't need to be aimed at the final victim, the principles of transferred malice apply. |
Dangerous act |
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Mitchell |
Harm doesn't need to be aimed at the final victim, the principles of transferred malice apply. |
Dangerous act |
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Dawson |
Robbed a petrol station where the employee had a heart condition and the stress brought on a heart attack. Got to recognise any possible risks, a heart condition isn't easily recognisable. |
Dangerous act |
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Mitchell |
Harm doesn't need to be aimed at the final victim, the principles of transferred malice apply. |
Dangerous act |
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Dawson |
Robbed a petrol station where the employee had a heart condition and the stress brought on a heart attack. Got to recognise any possible risks, a heart condition isn't easily recognisable. |
Dangerous act |
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Watson |
Robbed an old man who died of a heart attack. Obvious risk here as he is old. Professionals couldn't determine his cause of HA so courts deemed it unfair to allow the jury to do so. |
Dangerous act |
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JM & SM |
The risk of some harm needs to be foreseeable not the severity or the type. |
Dangerousness |
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Kennedy |
Provided v with a syringe for heroine, v died after injecting themselves. The voluntary act of injecting broke the chain and stopped D being liable for Vs death |
Substantial COD |
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Kennedy |
Provided v with a syringe for heroine, v died after injecting themselves. The voluntary act of injecting broke the chain and stopped D being liable for Vs death |
Substantial COD |
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Carey |
A girl fled an attack and died due to her heart condition. The initial attack didn't cause her death and she ran excessive distance to get away. D is not the cause of death. |
Substantial COD |
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Kennedy |
Provided v with a syringe for heroine, v died after injecting themselves. The voluntary act of injecting broke the chain and stopped D being liable for Vs death |
Substantial COD |
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Carey |
A girl fled an attack and died due to her heart condition. The initial attack didn't cause her death and she ran excessive distance to get away. D is not the cause of death. |
Substantial COD |
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Lewis |
V was fleeing an attack from D and ran into oncoming traffic which killed him. Without Ds act V wouldn't have run into the traffic and wouldn't have died |
Substantial COD |
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Newbury and Jones |
Threw bricks off of a bridge, killed guard operating the train below. They weren't aware it was unlawful or aware of risks however mere intention to commit the act is enough for UAM. |
MR |
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Newbury and Jones |
Threw bricks off of a bridge, killed guard operating the train below. They weren't aware it was unlawful or aware of risks however mere intention to commit the act is enough for UAM. |
MR |