D stabbed V + blood transfusion needed. V refused as Jehovas witness + died. D still responsible
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Card 7
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D burgled V's home. 90 mins later, V had a heart attack + died. D's conviction quashed as heart attack could've been caused by anthing else
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Card 8
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Soldier stabbed in lung. On the way to the medical station he was dropped. Medics CPR made lung worse. D still guilty as wound was operating and substantial at time of death
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Card 9
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Fish and chip shop argument in which V was shot + needed tracheotomy. He died of breathing difficulties. New test: whether D's act contributed significantly to V's death
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Card 10
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D stabbed V in stomach. Wounds healing when V had allergic reaction to antibiotic + died. Actions of doctors were an intervening act which caused death
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Card 11
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V stabbed + recovered but suffered brain damage + life support was turned off. D's murder conviction upheld as did not break the chain of causation
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Card 12
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V jumped from moving car to avoid D's sexual advances. D liable for injuries as V's action was not so 'daft or unexpected' + D should have reasonably foreseen it.
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Card 13
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D head butted + punched V. D chased V into a moving car. D was liable + conviction upheld. Chain not broken
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Card 14
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D burst into V's room with gang. V jumped out of window. C of A upheld conviction as the act was reasonably foreseeable.
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Card 15
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V jumped from D's car to escape robbery + hit his head + died. If threat is minor + V takes drastic action this may break the chain of causation
