Actus Reus of Murder

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The AR of murder is the unlawful
killing
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Murder is a common law
offence
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Must cause
death
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Omissions can't make a person
guilty
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Contractual duty
Pittwood
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Duty because of a relationship
Gibbins and Proctor
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A duty taken on voluntarily
Stone and Dobinson
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Duty arises because the D has set in motion a chain of events
Miller
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Attorney-General's Reference (No 3 of 1994) 1997 is about...
foetus
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Case for the allowance of turning off a life support machine
Malcherek
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Test for factual causation
but for
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Legal cause test
Thin-skull rule
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2 soldiers has a fight, one was stabbed in the lung
Smith
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D shot in thigh and stomach. Given a tracheotomy
Cheshire
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Girl jumped from a care to escape from sexual advances
Roberts
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Hitch-hiker
Williams
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Murder is a common law

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offence

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Must cause

Back

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Card 4

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Omissions can't make a person

Back

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Card 5

Front

Contractual duty

Back

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