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Actus reus cases (excluding causation)
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- 1Hill 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
- 2Mitchell (1983)Person pushed originally is not liable as it was an involuntary act. Original pusher is also liable for the push on third person
- 3Larsonneur (1933)The act of being in the UK was sufficient to constitute the offence. The fact that the conduct wasn’t voluntary is irrelevant
- 4Pittwood (1902)Failure to fulfil a contractual obligation is likely to endanger the lives of others
- 5Gibbins & Proctor (1918)The omission to feed her was deliberate with the intention of causing death or serious harm to her
- 6Stone & Dobinson (1977)Ds were under a legal duty to summon help or continue to care for V
- 7Miller (1983)Failure to take reasonable steps to deal with the fire when he discovered that his mattress was on fire resulted in conviction
- 8Dytham (1979)Willing failure to fulfil public duty gives rise to criminal liability in regard to the victim
- 9Lowe (1973)No ‘unlawful’ act. A failure to do something could not be an ‘act’.
- 10Airedale 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.
- 11Khan & 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.
- 12Evans (2009)Enforced the precedent set Khan & Khan.
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