Murder cases

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Lord coke - Institutes of the laws of England act 1787
Defined murder
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Road traffic act 1998
Duty imposed by statute
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R v Pittwood
Duty imposed by contract
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R v Lowe
Duty imposed by family/close relationship
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R v Stone & Dobbinson
Duty imposed by reliance
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R v Miller
Duty imposed by prior conduct
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R v Dytham
Duty imposed by public office
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Attorney Generals reference #3
Life begins when you are expelled from your mothers womb
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R v Malcharek
Life ends when you are brain dead
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abolition of death penalty act 1965
Changed death penalty to life imprisonment
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Law reform act 1996
Abolished year and a day rule
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R v White
Cause in fact - But For test
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R v Cheshire
Cause in law - Test of significance
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R v Jordan
Negligent medical treatment that DID break the chain of causation
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R v Smith
Negligent medical treatment that DIDN'T break the chain of causation
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R v Williams & Davis
Escape - Must be reasonable in proportion to the threat
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R v Paggett
Natural consequences of the defendents actions - Mustn't be forseeable
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R v Haywood
Thin skull rule - You take your victim as you find them
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R v Balue
Refusal of medical treatment will NOT break the chain of causation
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R v Mohan
Direct intention - A decision to bring about a particular consequence
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R v Maloney
Oblique intention - Result must be a natural consequence of the defendents actions
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R v Hancock & Shankland
Oblique intention - Result must be a probable consequence of the defendents actions
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R v Nedrick
Oblique intention - Defendent must forsee the consequence as being virtually certain and this can be used as evidence of intention
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R v Wollin
Oblique intention - Defendent must forsee the consequence as being virtually certain and this amounts to intention
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R v Mathews & Alleyne
Reinstated Nedrick
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R v Mitchell
Transferred malice
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