actus reus

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What is actus reus?
the guilty act
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If you have a failure to act, you have committed what?
Omission
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What is the case where the defendant had a contractual duty?
Pittwood
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In what case did the defendant's public position make them liable for an omission?
Dytham
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What was the case where the defendant did not minimise the harmful consequence of his act?
Miller
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What is the case where a person voluntarily takes on a duty?
Stone and dobinson
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Hill v. Baxter is the case for this section of actus reus.
Voluntary conduct
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What is the name for the link between the defendant's act and the criminal consequence?
Causation
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This is the 'but for' test.
Factual Causation
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this is the operating and substantial cause test
Legal Causation
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what was the case for factual causation?
White
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what was the case where the test was whether the medical treatment was 'palpably wrong'?
Jordan
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Take your victim as you find them, and the daftness test is apart of this
Intervening acts
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what was the case for 'take your victim as you find them'?
Blaue
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what was the case for 'the daftness test'?
Roberts
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If you have a failure to act, you have committed what?

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Omission

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What is the case where the defendant had a contractual duty?

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In what case did the defendant's public position make them liable for an omission?

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What was the case where the defendant did not minimise the harmful consequence of his act?

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