The unlawful act must be dangerous on an objective test: CHURCH states a reasonable man must foresee a risk of some harm to another person resulting from the unlawful act.

It does not matter than D did not realise there was any risk of harm to another person.
Where a reasonable man would be aware of V's frailty and the risk of physical harm by shock to him, then the unlawful act will be dangerous: WATSON

The unlawful act must be both a cause in fact and law of V's death. If there's an intervening act which breaks the chain of causation, then D cannot be liable for the unlawful and dangerous act manslaughter.
There can be problems in cases where D supplies V with an illegal drug (administering a noxious substance)
Where D injected V and V dies, D can be convicted of UDAM as D was more than a minimal cause of death: CATO
Where D prepared the injection and V injected himself, D has not caused the death: KENNNEDY
If V is vulnerable, this is unlikely to break the chain of causation.

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A2 Law (Offences Against the Person) Slide Set on Offences Against the Person, created by Lucy Nove on 18/03/2017.