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- 1Hill v BaxterCase that gave the definition for involuntary acts, for example a swarm of bees in a car
- 2Broome v PerkinsD claimed he had no control when driving but evidence suggested otherwise as he tried swerving which showed he had some control, driving recklessly
- 3Winzar v CC of KentD was found drunk in a hospital and was removed by the police and put on a motor way, he was then arrested for being drunk on a highway, this was a state of affairs case so he was guilty
- 4R v LarsonneurWas deported from the UK to Ireland for not having a passport and then was sent back to the UK for the same reason, upon arrival she was arrested for being an illegal alien and convicted (State of affairs)
- 5R v Pittwood (Contractual)Pittwood took his lunch break early, failing to close the gate of a level crossing. As a result a man was hit by a train when he was taking his cart across. Pittwood was guilty of manslaughter under an ommission of contract
- 6R v Gibbons and Proctor (Special Relationship)The farther and a stepmother of a child starved their child to death and where convicted of manslaughter under an ommission of a specail relationship to their daughter
- 7R v Stone and Dobinson (Assumed Responsibility)Stone's sister was ill, him and his wife volunteered to look after her, she became bed ridden and later died. they where charged with manslaughter as they had a duty to get appropirate medical care
- 8R v Dytham (Official Position)The defendant (a police officer) saw a bouncer beating a man to death, he ignored it as he was due to finish his shift and was convicted under an ommission of an official position
- 9R v Miller (Chain of Events)The defendant was squatting in a property, fell asleep with a sigarett, when he woke it casued a fire, he ignored it and was charged aresone as it was his duty to minimise the danger that his actions had caused
- 10R v Pagett (But for)The D shot at the police and the police returned fire, Pagett used his girlfriend as a human shield. this case established the but for rule and because of this he was convicted of her murder as but for him using her as a human shield she would still be alive
- 11R v WhiteD wanted to kill his mum, he put aresonic in her drink and she went to sleep, she died of a natural heart attack but was found guilty of attempted murder as she would have died from the poison
- 12R v SmithD got into an agruement with the v, they began to fight and he stabbed the v, the v was dropped on the way to hospital worsening his injuries, he later died and the d was found guilty of his death as he was the operating and substantial cause of his death
- 13R v HaywardMan and wife where in an argument, he began to become threating and she ran, he chased and she died of a thyroid condiction which they both didnt know about, he was guilty of manslaughter under the thin skull rule
- 14R v BlaueMan stabbed a random person. She was a jehovah's witness and refused a life saving blood transfusion due to her relgious believes. He was found guilty of murder under the thin skull rule
- 15R v JordanWas given anitboitics twice by the doctor, he was alleric and died as a result. Key case of medical negligence, palpably wrong, independant and renders previous acts insiginifant
- 16R v CheshireV was shot and survived, he began a slow recovery but then began to develop breath problems and as a result needed a complicated tracheostomy and died as a result. This wasn't medical negligence as it is reasonably foreseable that someone can die in surgery
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