Murder
- Created by: Parabhjeet
- Created on: 05-12-13 10:29
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- Muder
- Definition: "the unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the Queen's peace with malice aforethought expressed or implied.
- Actus Reus: "Th unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the Queen's peace.
- Reasonable creature
- Not a foetus: AG Reference no.3 of 1997 (1994)
- Not a brain dead : Malcherek.
- Under the Queen's peace: not during the time of war.
- Causation
- Factual
- 'But for'
- Pagett
- White
- 'But for'
- Legal
- 'Deminimus Rule'
- Kimsey
- Cato
- 'Deminimus Rule'
- Chain of Causation
- Act of a third party
- Medical
- Cheshire
- Jordan
- Smith
- Medical
- Victims own act
- Roberts
- Williams
- Act of a third party
- Factual
- Reasonable creature
- Mens Rea: "with malice aforethought expressed or implied"
- Expressed malice - intention to kill.
- Implied malice - the intention to commit GBH.
- Intention
- Actus Reus: "Th unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the Queen's peace.
- Definition: "the unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being under the Queen's peace with malice aforethought expressed or implied.
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