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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| Hill v Baxter (1958) | Driving involuntary: losing control because of being stung by a swarm of bees, stuck on the head by a stone and if he had a heart attack while driving |
| Mitchell (1983) | Person pushed originally is not liable as it was an involuntary act. Original pusher is also liable for the push on third person |
| Larsonneur (1933) | The act of being in the UK was sufficient to constitute the offence. The fact that the conduct wasn’t voluntary is irrelevant |
| Pittwood (1902) | Failure to fulfil a contractual obligation is likely to endanger the lives of others |
| Gibbins & Proctor (1918) | The omission to feed her was deliberate with the intention of causing death or serious harm to her |
| Stone & Dobinson (1977) | Ds were under a legal duty to summon help or continue to care for V |
| Miller (1983) | Failure to take reasonable steps to deal with the fire when he discovered that his mattress was on fire resulted in conviction |
| Dytham (1979) | Willing failure to fulfil public duty gives rise to criminal liability in regard to the victim |
| Lowe (1973) | No ‘unlawful’ act. A failure to do something could not be an ‘act’. |
| Airedale NHS Trust v Bland (1993) | Doctors could stop artificially feeding Bland even though a known consequence would be death, as this was in his best interest. |
| Khan & Khan (1998) | Conviction for unlawful act manslaughter was quashed but CA thought there could be a duty to summon medical assistance in certain circumstances, so that a D could be liable for failing to do so. |
| Evans (2009) | Enforced the precedent set Khan & Khan. |
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