Unlawful Act Manslaughter 0.0 / 5 ? LawCriminal Law - Unlawful Act ManslaughterA2/A-levelAQA Created by: KHI0Created on: 12-04-21 11:14 There must be an act ; unlike murder, an omission is insufficient Lowe 1 of 15 The act must be unlawful (a crime) Lamb 2 of 15 A tort (civil wrong) is insufficient Franklin 3 of 15 The act must be OBJECTIVELY DANGEROUS; case authority? Church 4 of 15 D does not have to foresee the act as dangerous but "..." people would have realized it was dangerous sober and reasonable 5 of 15 Foresee or appreciate the risk of "..." - not necessarily serious harm some harm 6 of 15 Clue 6 confirmed in ? Ball 7 of 15 The harm must be PHYSICAL not mental - "emotional disturbance is insufficient Dawson 8 of 15 Factual Causation - BUT FOR White 9 of 15 Legal Causation - D's act was an operating and substantial cause Smith 10 of 15 Legal Causation - D's act was more than minimal Kimsey 11 of 15 V's intervening act broke the CHAIN OF CAUSATION Kennedy 12 of 15 It is not necessary to prove that D was the only cause of the death Shohid 13 of 15 D does not have to realize the act is unlawful or dangerous Newbury and Jones 14 of 15 D's main aim or purpose Mohan 15 of 15
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