ACTUS REUS
Actus reus =
physical element of a crime (the guilty act
Y conduct (an act/omission)
↳
voluntary Hill v Baxter
I must cause the
consequence
Omission -
a failure to act
Y combination of factors Rv Willoughby
y special relationship R v Gibbins & Proctor
Y R Instan
assumption of care v
duty RV Adomako
Y contractual
"public duty Rv Dytham
y
creating a dangerous situation Rv Miller
Causation checks that the defendant's conduct caused the
-
consequence
-factual causation (but for test) RV White RvPagett
>
-
legal causation-checks D is substantial operative cause of
consequence RV Smith
L I no new intervening act
that breaks the chain
defendantsconductismoreaa set
tha of causation
result RV Kimsey
New intervening acts
- thin skull rule (D must take as he finds him) Rv Blake
eacts of the victim (must be reasonably foreseeable RV Roberts
= medical treatment crarely breaks the chain of causation
unless treatment
given is so potent to the death Rv Cheshire
naturally occurring events I must be unforeseeable)
Actus reus =
physical element of a crime (the guilty act
Y conduct (an act/omission)
↳
voluntary Hill v Baxter
I must cause the
consequence
Omission -
a failure to act
Y combination of factors Rv Willoughby
y special relationship R v Gibbins & Proctor
Y R Instan
assumption of care v
duty RV Adomako
Y contractual
"public duty Rv Dytham
y
creating a dangerous situation Rv Miller
Causation checks that the defendant's conduct caused the
-
consequence
-factual causation (but for test) RV White RvPagett
>
-
legal causation-checks D is substantial operative cause of
consequence RV Smith
L I no new intervening act
that breaks the chain
defendantsconductismoreaa set
tha of causation
result RV Kimsey
New intervening acts
- thin skull rule (D must take as he finds him) Rv Blake
eacts of the victim (must be reasonably foreseeable RV Roberts
= medical treatment crarely breaks the chain of causation
unless treatment
given is so potent to the death Rv Cheshire
naturally occurring events I must be unforeseeable)
