Criminal Liabilty - AS Law Unit 2

Question	Answer
Burden of Proof	beyond reasonable doubt
WHAT IS THE ACTUS REUS?	usually a voluntary act (hill v baxter and state of affairs when not) sometimes a failure to act eg. omission
Involuntary acts	Larsonneur and Winzer v Chief constable of kent
statutory duty	RTA S6 1988 - FAILURE TO GIVE A SEPCIMIN OF BREATH AT ROADSIDE
Contractual duty	pittwood
duty due to relationship	gibbins and proctor
duty taken on voluntarily	stone v dobinson
official position duty	dytham
duty due to d setting in motion a chain of events	miller
Factual Causation	'but for' paggett and white
legal causation	smith - operating and substantial cause de minimus - kimsey
Intervening acts	novus actus intervenus, 3rd party(medical), victims own act(roberts/williams), unforseeable event(Puma).
Thin Skull rule	take your victim as you find them - blaue
medical treatment	only break if act is so poten and palpably wrong. grossly bad = not forseeable. cheshire, jordan and malcharek

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