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1.
What is another name for constructive manslaughter?
Answer: Unlawful Act Manslaughter (UAM)
2.
Is UAM a result or conduct crime?
Answer: UAM is a result crime
3.
What is the umbrella term for the 3 types of manslaughter
Answer: Involuntary manslaughter
4.
In which case is the legal test for UAM found?
Answer: AG’s Ref (No. 3 of 1994) [1998] AC 245
5.
What is the test for UAM?
Answer: Legal tests: AG’s Ref (No. 3 of 1994) [1998] AC 245. - D committed an unlawful act. - The unlawful act must also have been dangerous. - An unlawful and dangerous act which caused the death of V.
6.
What should the base offence be for an unlawful act?
Answer: The base offence should be the Actus Reus and mens rea of a criminal act NOT a Civil wrong
7.
What is the key case for an unlawful act?
Answer: R v. Franklin (1883) 15 Cox CC 163;
8.
In which case was it said that the unlawful act must be intrinsically criminal?
Answer: Andrews v. DPP [1937] AC 576;
9.
Can UAM be committed via and omission?
Answer: No - said in the case of R v. Lowe [1973] QB 702
10.
What does it mean if the unlawful act must have been dangerous?
Answer: There must have been some risk of physical injury - R v. Carey [2006] Crim LR 842:
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