cases

Question 1

R v Stone & Dobinson

Answer 1

Stone & Dobinson were taking care of disabled sister and failed

–> a failure to act after an assumption of responsibility can amount to actus reus

Question 2

r v adomako

Answer 2

anaesthetist during eye surgery failed to detect a defect

–> special duty of care based on special qualifications

Question 3

jomanda case

Answer 3

dutch actress died from alternative therapist therapy

Question 4

r v blaue

Answer 4

jehova witness and blood transfusion

–> take the victim as you find it

Question 5

r v parks

Answer 5

sleep walking case

Could sleepwalking (a state of automatism) absolve Parks of criminal responsibility for murder and assault?

Question 6

r v gibbins

Answer 6

parents looked after all children expect one that starved to death

–> duty of care from parents to children

Question 7

leather belt case

Answer 7

two ppl intended to steal victim’s money, tried to drug him but didn’t work so attached him with leather belt but he strangled to death

–> conditional acceptance of the risk

Question 8

samir a case

Answer 8

preparation

Question 9

r v Cunningham

Answer 9

–> Subjective test
The accuses has foreseen that the particular kind of harm might be done and yet has gone on to take the risk of it

Question 10

mcnaghten

Answer 10

insanity as a defence

Question 11

r v jogee

Answer 11

JCE: secondary liability is important part of the common law