Actus Reus
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- Created on: 19-04-13 17:36
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- Actus Reus
- Voluntary Acts
- Hill v Baxter - The defendant must be in control of their actions. It can be said that if a driver was attacked by a 'swarm of bee's' he would not be in control of his actions.
- Latin term for 'The guilty act.'
- State of Affairs
- R v Larsonneur - The defendant was accused of being an 'alien' upon returning to the UK, after being forced to leave and come back.
- Omissions
- Durty arising from contract
- R v Pittwood - The defendant failed to fulfill his contract of closing the gate so that trains could go across the railway. As a result, a man died.
- Duty arising from an assumption of responsibility
- R v Stone and Dobinson - The defendants failed to look after and seek medical attention for the sister who was suffering from anorexia. As a result, she died.
- Duty arising from starting a chain of events
- R v Miller - The defendant set fire to the mattress but simply left the fire, and failed to call the fire brigade.
- Durty arising from contract
- Voluntary Acts
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