Law chief justice: Where a person of sound mind unlawfully kills any reasonable person in being under the queens peace with malice aforethought either expressed or implied
AR
Unlawfully kills
Any reasonable person in being
AD referrence # 3 of 1994
Kills- braindead
R v Malcereck and Steele
Under the Queens peace
Causation
Factual
But for
R v White
Legal
Thin skull rule
R v Blaue
Operating and Substantial cause
R v Smith
R v Jordan
Forseeable intervening act
R v Roberts
R v Corbett
MR
Oblique intent
Was D virtually certain that death or serious injury would occur?