Exam 2: Actus Reus: Acts, Omissions, and Causation

A stranger hammers on your front door one night seeking help because her husband in the street is threatening violence against her. You do nothing because you do not want to get involved. She is then assaulted by him. Are you criminally to blame?

The ratio of Pagett [1983] is which of the following:

The ratio of Stone & Dobinson is as follows:

A defendant who commits a crime is responsible for the natural and probable consequences of that act but the chain of causation will be broken by:

The ratio of Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] is which of the following:

A throws her baby on the floor causing injury. She is charged with an offence on the baby. Which of the following most accurately represents a plea of lack of voluntariness (there may be more than one right answer)?

D hits V intending to harm her mildly and knocks her unconscious. Thinking that V is dead, D throws her into a river. V is still alive at that point but later drowns. D has committed the AR of manslaughter because:

D injures V's leg and a surgeon advises amputation. V rejects the advice and dies.

V spent the weekend with D whom she had just met, during which she took an overdose of tablets. D arranged for her to be taken to another flat where she died. D's liability is that of:

In medical cases, which of the following causation rules will apply?