CL/SL Flashcards
s344 Youth and Families Act
less than 10 y/o incapable
RP V R
Doli Incapax: rebut presumption; they can distinguish naughty/mischievous and morally wrong
R v King
Transferred Malice
Ryan; Butcher
Voluntary = Conscious/Willed/Deliberate
R v Falconer
Voluntary = Rebuttable Presumption
R v Hutty; s41 Human Tissue Act
Death of a life in being
Factual Causation
Royall - But for Test
Legal Causation
Royall - significant contribution
R v PL
Causation: Need not be/know precise cause
Royall Tests
(1) Natural Consequence, (2) Reasonable Foreseeability (3) Common Sense
Hallett Tests
Substantial and Operating
R v Blau
NAI: Fragility - Eggshell Skull
R v Hallett NAI
Natural Phenomena - only if unforeseeable
R v Royall NAI
Act of Victim; self preservation not NAI if apprehension reasonable
R v Jordan
NAI: Medical Treatment - only if PALPABLY WRONG
Crabbe; Morrison
Reckless Murder
s3A C.A.
Statutory Constructive Murder: course/furtherance of a crime involving violence
Ryan and Walker
CL Constructive Murder: violently resisting/escaping lawful arrest
Elements of Homicide
Voluntary + Death + Causation
Elements of UDA Manslaughter
Unlawful + Dangerousness
Rv Pemble
UDA: Unlawful = Any Degree of criminal breach
R v WIlson
UDA: Dangerous = Appreciable risk - Objective: what a RP would appreciate
s4a C.A.
UDA: Presumes one punch = Dangerous
R v Nydmad
Criminal Negligence relative to SOC by RP + such a high risk meriting criminal punishment
R v Lavendar
Criminal Negligence: Objective test - not including subjective opinion it was safe