'A state of unconsciousness or impaired consciousness where a person suffers from involuntary movements'
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What external factors can cause this?
Medicine, a blow to the head, a hypothetical situation, anaesthetic, post traumatic stress disorder, hypnosis
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What is the main case on this?
Quick - a nurse who attacked a patient in hospital because he did not eat sufficient food with his insulin
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What is another case regarding diabetes?
Bailey - had been a diabetic for 30 years and ended up hitting his ex girlfriend's new boyfriend round the head with an iron bar
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What is a case on post traumatic stress disorder?
T 1990 - a woman was ***** and 3 days later she committed robbery and ABH
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What is case concerning an attack?
Rabey - attacked a girl who he was infatuated with when he found out she did not like him
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What is a case example on sneezing?
Whoolley 1997 - a man in a car sneezed on the motor way causing a domino effect infront of him
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What is a case example on dangerous driving?
Watmore v Jenkins - drove dangerously because he was suffering from progressive hypoglycaemia but the court held if this was true he would not have been able to drive
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What are some principles arising from automatism?
It can only be pleaded if the result is from an external factor, stress and anxiety are not external factors but in extreme cases it could be, self induced automatism can be successful
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What are the reform proposals?
The law on the defence of automatism should be abolished, the new defence of automatism should be narrower
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What external factors can cause this?
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Medicine, a blow to the head, a hypothetical situation, anaesthetic, post traumatic stress disorder, hypnosis
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