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No fault: strict liability. believed that once the offender is punished, the law is vindicated and the force and ii. abnormal quantities of liquids, intravenouslyavictim died from waterlogged lungs, HELD: Court of Appeal allowed the appellants appeal on the basis that the chain of causation Kingdom, serious offences like murder, manslaughter and conspiracy to accompanied and the liability imposed is vicarious liability of the company A stealing can continue after the initial movement: R v Johnston likely to endanger life, ELEMENT 2: ACT IS LIKELY TO ENDANGER HUMAN LIFE. In Bingamore, victim suffered bodily harm from accused and left hospital against medical advice. D cuts the rope and V falls to his death 5 seconds During the course of the fight C hit the Conclusion: Accused liable for common assault. existence. R V ROBINS [1884] 174 ER 890 law requires that it speak clearly about what D has done and why it is wrong. actus non facit reum nisi mens cit rea a person is not criminally liable for his of the conditions upon which it was granted: My hand was not the hand that drove the car. On these The Constitution as the supreme law of the land governs all law generally. A crime can be defined as an act or an omission prohibited and punished by spoke against retroactivity of criminal legislation and secret legislation. This is the idea that you should be responsible for what you do and A defendant's act need not be the sole or main cause of the prohibited result in What about, the blows would not have caused the death but for meningitis? (although not fully voluntary since they are under a duty of care) cause of the consequence e. death or criminal damage: 6. but also unrealistic. What do they say about each of these ideas? and the standards of society which matter. Bailey), Conduct element. sufficient that an accused has foreseen the prohibited result as one that is The burden of proof lies with the prosecution to proof beyond reasonable doubt that the offence These crimes can be classified as crimes of, claim against the employer succeeded because the clerk was acting within, causation. in determining mens rea) she was later hit by a car Implied consent: The standard test for recklessness traditionally called Cunningham Article 50 (2) n ii, Constitution of Kenya: Rights of an accused person not to It is regulatory in nature and therefore seeks to maintain a certain kind of behavioral The accused intentionally inflicted violence without an intention to kill or do a bodily injury F.A.Q. Meaning of Necessities of life 19 OF 1992 Statutes and subsidiary legislation Lecture notes - Criminal law (llb law) complete lecture notes 2. including Court Martial, Police orderly proceedings etc. was mainly healed at the time of thedeath but by the introduction of large If D is aware of the risk and be killed This is summary, K Quashigah development of Ghana's Legal System, 9 Principles OF Practicable Reasonableness, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Hibbeler - Engineering Mechanics_ Dynamics (ME-202L), Avar Kamps,Makine Mhendislii (46000), Power distribution and utilization (EE-312). Those acts must have caused someone to die; and iii. The court of Appeal held inter the accused may be convicted of murder/manslaughter under s271 (Martin). an individual, to say that although the car was being used under the limited licence in contravention jurisprudence Taj Din vs Rex , it has been held that apart from statute there is Phillips, Jackson and Leopold, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2001) Critically discuss whether this statement remains applicable today. of less than 12 years is presumed incapable of having carnal knowledge, 1 Presumptions of fact ATTORNEY GENERALS REFERENCE NO. (implied element in Hall v Fonceca). quantities of some medication to prevent infection even after the decides to take it, he is reckless; if he is unaware of the risk, but ought to have that, there are some laws that passed through due process before they were promulgated ii. The court system here includes tribunals of various descriptions; Public Prosecutions undertakes a public control of criminal proceedings; in Maule J told the jury that it victim and the victim dies, it is immaterial that the death could have been prevented by proper do something which leads to the death of the baby before it is born= separate o to maim disfigure or disable; OR D cannot be said to be liable if the culpable element in his conduct in no way For example, possession of drugs, permits, making false staments etc which it was at the time of the taking or conversion; f) In the case of money, an intent to use it at the will of the person who takes or converts it 4. It is submitted that this view of law is not only untenable follow the surgeons advice to have the finger amputated, although he was Person with duty must do whatever they reasonably can do to avert harm, other wise they have The public nature of a wrong lies in distinguishing civil and criminal Gunzenhausen (German pronunciation: [ntsnhazn] (); Bavarian: Gunzenhausn) is a town in the Weienburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany.It is situated on the river Altmhl, 19 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Weienburg in Bayern, and 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Nuremberg.Gunzenhausen is a nationally recognized recreation area. as they find them. DONKOR V THE REPUBLIC; Through bodily act or gesture attempt or threaten to apply force to factual causation is made out, it remains necessary for the State to establish legal HELD: the accuseds actions to be a substantial or significant cause of death in all three scenarios (with B: Immanuel Kant and the pursuit of Dignity, " Always act according to that maxim whose universality as a law you can at the Finally, the problem that comes with the enforcement of moral laws, for example, Killing is defined in s270 and requires that the accused cause the death of a person. Victim died 12 days later from broncho-pneumonia, apparently brought on by septicaemia In his theory of law, for Hans Kelson, no theory of justice can form part of the This view was championed by Lord Devlin, who in extreme terms expressed the penal Among the provisions that inform criminal law are; and the victim dies and as a result of medical treatment, so long as medical treatment was reasonably According to s 269 , a person is capable of being killed if they fully emerge in a living state from their between using and permitting to be used where the person charged is First, there is the ministry of justice led by the Attorney General who is supported by the police The accused had a duty to avert harm (duties outlined in s262 s267). The accuseds [act] was a sufficiently substantial or significant cause of the victims injury. A simple approach to this is to eliminate Ds behaviors from the narrative take is unreasonable one principle) conduct unless the prescribed state of mind coincides with the prohibited act A person cannot be convicted of homicide where they do something or omit to although he may intend to afterwards repay the amount to the owner. proven (accused touched hand of D while D was driving w/ windows down), Reckless applications of force constitute an assault (Murphy v Spencer), Accidental, careless or negligent applications of force do not constitute assault must be The surgeons evidence was that if the finger had been amputated o Death of the brain stem is clinically dead (Malcherek and Steel) D will be held responsible for attempted murder even though in some grave injury. 2022, Chapter 1suggested exercises and solutions, Communicative English Language Skills I (FLEn 1011) Final Version, Business Statistics and Mathematics Solved Past Papers, B.com Part 1 Punjab University 2009-2018, Assignment 1. Expanded definition to include rape and abduction TEYE ALIAS BARDJO AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC [1974] 2 GLR 438- abnormal was rejected. A taking is fraudulent when done in the circumstances outlined in s371(2)(a)-(f) : a) An intent to permanently deprive the owner of the thing or property of it or any part of it; b) An intent to permanently deprive any person who has any special property in the thing or might inhale it. indicates that the body has suffered damage (Brown v Blake). HELD: Arson was likely to endanger life because attack took place at evening/night when yes, the D is not liable. search and seizure. Click the link to open and download the document. It is a positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the state. defence such as: excessive self defence s248(3) However, even if the State's case in relation nothing to do with morality, for example, sedition and civil wrongs. An unlawful killing is either murder or manslaughter (s271), Killing is defined in s270 and requires that the accused cause the death of a person.--- o What is regarded are regarded as the necessities of life is an objective test according to be held responsible for the murder. murder/manslaughter under s271 (Martin). 2. Protects public morality. 1. 5. when it comes to lesser crimes. i. would have been unjustifiable to take it, he is negligent. Bruising and surface scratch is not sufficient (R v Brown) In Ghana, offences punishable by death are, high treason, treason, murder (section 46) of consequence Jones (2006) UKHL 16; Goldstein and happiness . Person can be guilty of this offence even if the unborn child was not of an age Court held that the accused caused Elements of murder are present but the offence is only manslaughter due to a partial Factual causation (but for test) and legal causation (sufficiently substantial or could have saved the child, he was guilty of manslaughter; but that, if they Industrial, HST 100 - , , Lab report 1 ( reaction of forces on a simply supported beam), Historical Evolution of Production and Operation management. endanger life. This presumption may be displaced by the suspects, Copyright 2023 StudeerSnel B.V., Keizersgracht 424, 1016 GC Amsterdam, KVK: 56829787, BTW: NL852321363B01, civil law, this is done personally by the plaintiff. BRUCE-KONADU V THE REPUBLIC (1967) GLR 611 NOTE: A child born alive but doomed to die is classified as a human being capable of Thus the suspect desired the kill the deceased presumed mens By Aquinasmagister. DUA v. THE STATE [1963] 2 GLR 385- Accused guilty of unlawful touching. held criminally responsible. but has been used mischievously by some politicians and people in power. the court must be satisfied that the treatment was normal and that this was LAW 201 Criminal Law Notes Gender 208 Lectures - Lecture notes All! D fires a loaded gun at A with the object of doing so. Section 40 of the PC for the definition of treason, i) Commission STATE v. OTCHERE AND OTHERS [1963] 2 GLR 463- Civil law ORGANS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE GBH is defined in s1 as bodily injury of such a nature as to endanger life, or to cause, or be likely an obvious risk but when doing the act either does not give thought to the Note circumstances under which contributory causes can be said to exist. The statute should also prescribe punishment for its breach. Lecture notes - Contract law (llb) complete lecture notes 5. Kant (1785), Foundations of the o to resist or prevent the lawful arrest or detention of any person, NOTE: the act and the intention DO NOT have to match (i. do GBH with intent to resist arrest), Stealing, robbery, burglary, fraud, damage. 1. pre-requisite: criminal law i. course description o In Stuart, the dangerous act was setting fire to a night club whilst there were people inside. Criminalisation does this by deterring the dangerous, preventing before both V and D would have fallen. The duty sections establish a causal link between the accuseds omission and the victims & p 356, i. Irrebuttable presumptions of law is a presumed fact which if found to exist R V D [1984] 3 WLR 186 According to Glanville Williams in these crimes you do not have to wait to s222(2) (THREATENED FORCE assault) requires: 4. displaced by evidence to the contrary. REPUBLIC v. TEMA DISTRICT MAGISTRATE GRADE I; EX PARTE AKOTIAH Knutsen established that doing GBH incorporated a causation element. trail, was thoroughly bad and might well have affected his chances of precaution (medical treatment) on the part of the victim. two passengers. epidermis R V KOFI ANTWI 1 WEST AFRICAN LAW REPORT consented to. chain of causation, Jordan: medical treatment = not reasonably proper = broken chain of causation, FACTS: stabbed victim administered drugs he was allergic to twice and given wholly of an unoccupied house to steal the money in it. A company can only-use There seems to be a lot of reluctance on courts holding medical doctors civil law, this is done personally by the plaintiff, Nature of remedy: in criminal law punitive; in civil law compensatory. only acceptable ground for moral legislation is to ensure the survival of the state . may be unable to perform; e) An intent to deal with it in such a manner that it cannot be returned in the condition in for the -breach of an absolute prohibition by its individual can either commit . act likely endanger life. had been broken by the, medical treatment which was palpably wrong and wholly abnormal. Testimonianze sulla storia della Magistratura italiana (Orazio Abbamonte), Auditing (Robyn Moroney; Fiona Campbell; Jane Hamilton; Valerie Warren), HOMICIDE.. Table of Contents. Defence argued that a prize fight and therefore R V SARGEANT The judicature Act section 8. servants Often it is not disputed but when it is, A was convicted of manslaughter because the original wound was a narrow definition of purposive or direct intention. Ch07 - Chapter 07 solution for Intermediate Accounting by Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Kotler Chapter 1 MCQ - Multiple choice questions with answers, Siki soku 108 - dg sdg sdg fdg dsf sdg sdg sdg fdg dsf sdg sdg sdg fdg dsf sdg sdg sdg fdg dsf, KISI-KISI PTS 2 Bahasa Indonesia KLS 9. BLAY v. THE REPUBLIC [1968] GLR 1040- In England, crimes are classified differently: end of which L had said let's settle it right here and now. deceased at the base of his chin with a mallet, so as to inflict a mortal wound. Discussed above. held that it was natural and reasonable that the victim tried to escape and that the only Presumptions of law Sovereign to his subjects ordering them to do or refrain from doing certain acts on sufficient, condition of criminal liability See TB. (i) an offence in Kenya; or. i. As to whether Ds acts caused what happened is a bit more complicated 2. Indictable or non indictable forum of trial (whether the crown courts by Unlawful killing where the elements of murder cannot be established such as: intentional mother dies of a fatal heart attack. M.F.M. ends not means to an end. o Macdonald- duties may be the basis of construing different offences, including Likely means a substantial or real and not remote chance (Hind and Harwood). FACTS: A inserted a rigid implement into victims womb to procure an abortion. there has been an irreversible cessation of brain functioning or blood The specific dangerous act must be identifiable (McCartney). Business Communication.pdf. ATTORNEY GENERALS REFERENCE (No. significant) must be established (Krakouer). from $109/night. police officers and other public officers performing public functions persons aiding public to prevent harm to others. To uphold the majesty of the law, since the law would be a toothless bulldog without its Rules and principles concerning general elements of criminal liability and liability for offences against the person, property offences and attempt. accused is the factual cause of victims death. grossly negligent but one that would be sufficiently dealt with in civil courts. particular kind of harm might be done, and yet has gone on to take the risk of it). This implies the existence It is neither limited Other statutes include the Criminal law should ensure a moral code criminal liability today even though has the civil liability. See for example, Michael v R (1840) 9 C 8. purpose). GBH, causing death by threat etc. concluded that his actions were a cause of the death given that a mortal wound had already been crimes growing out of opportunities to get someone else's property that was entrusted to the perpetrators because of their occupation, now known as white-collar crimes. Thus, result should never authority to make regulations and prescribe for their breach. the deceased. In Cunningham (1957) 2 QB 396 , D tore a gas meter from the wall of the cellar Thus Cunningham was not guilty unless he was aware, when he broke off the protected from criminal responsibility such evidence was inadmissible. A contemporary Ch05 - Chapter 05 solution for Intermediate Accounting by Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. 1 NB the same action might attract both civil and criminal liability e. assault and trespass to the person. Criminal Law Notes - Criminal Law Notes - Studocu Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Financial Information for Decision Making (ACC10007) Principles of Economics (200525) Psychology of Crime (2000CCJ) Metabolic Biochemistry (091320 ) Auditing And Assurance Services (ACCT30004) Consumer Behaviour (024202 ) working in the bank and stabs the enemy----there is NO causal link between o HIV classified as a serious disease (Clark; Houghton). In Royall, the victim was threatened by the accused and jumped out a window. including law. Recklessness Ds act is Why? the Preventive Detention Act of 1962 which was allegedly used by Nkrumah to jail his 2 Common law it helps the stude Students shared 129 documents in this course, Media Law & Ethics Marking Scheme December 2018, 1 Summary OF ADR Cases - ADR lecture notesgives you an indepth understanding of both theory and practicals, Lecture Notes II - One of the best materials out there on the law of interpretation. v. Victims own conduct Victim would not have died but for the accused [doing act] therefore there is factual causation. facts exists or it may presume the existence of those facts. If the answer is But for the accuseds [act], the victim would not have suffered bodily harm therefore, 1. officers; train, bus, taxi and ferry drivers; ambulance officers and emergency service workers, Wounding is defined in Devine as a cutting injury as long as there is a penetration below the Harm as the basis for criminalising conduct. act which hastens the death of another person, who is suffering from a disease/disorder, the accused where it would have been capable to live independently of mother (Waigana). so that it narrowed his windpipe and caused asphyxiation. endangered. from you.. treatment employed to deal with a felonious injury maybe regarded as caused by McCartney [WACCA], Unlawfully wounding (not defined in code). the common assault (Hall v Fonceca) Haymandoesnt have to be proven The accused must have committed the relevant acts; ii. Medical aid is included in the necessities of life (MacDonald, Heaton), DUTY OF PERSON IN CHARGE OF DANGEROUS THING (s266), S266 provides that it is the duty of every person in charge/control of a dangerous thing to Thus, most students will be familiar with what each offence is. Elizabeth A. Archampong, CRIMINAL LAW II STUDY GUIDE 2. Banking Law.pdf. Austin is of the view that law is a series of commands addressed by the assault occasioning bodily harm (Lergesner v Carroll). violent argument between the victim and the appellant prior to her falling. In Cheshire (1991) 3 All ER 670 , the bullet wounds, which D inflicted upon V to hospital and died 8 days later. identified such as assault, stealing, destruction of property, etc. 2 Statutes and subsidiary legislation accused significantly contributed to victims death and there is legal causation. 1. A charged with Murder. There must be a causal link between the dangerous act and the unlawful purpose. proper and applied in good faith, the accused is deemed to have caused the death PROCEDUAL HISTORY: K was convicted of murder---appealed against his conviction on the basis pure theory of law. to cause, permanent injury to health. The series is trusted for its expert summary of the principal cases in your casebook. the threatener has the ability to apply the force at the time he or she is threatening to The wound caused causation, FACTS: stabbed victim administered drugs, drugs triggered underlying condition and he died An unlawful killing is either murder or manslaughter (s271). (Killing an Unborn Baby). In preventing harm to others many offences have been First it must be shown that Nguyen Quoc Trung. relation to circumstances (importing substance knowing it is prohibited), Criminal liability that need not mens rea Therefore it is irrelevant what the accused intended. o Most often relied upon to establish stealing. Only justifies mala in se offences those involving fundamental wrongdoing. no retrospective liability. Criminal Law. rea or intent to kill. E. H. Ofori Amankwah (Prof), OUTLINE OF CRIMINAL LAW LECTURES R V FLATTERY It is immaterial that D is a poor shot, A was nearly out of range and that his NOTE: A child born alive but doomed to die is classified as a human being Often considered alongside intention KAITAMAKYI V R the body of the mother, whether it is breathing or not/ whether it has independent circulation APPLY FORCE, Attempt/threat to apply force involves a bodily act or gesture accompanied by words. of an unjustified risk, but proof that D was aware of the existence of the o doing any act that is likely to result in a person having a serious disease-----1(4)(c), The accused intended: Critically discuss. 2. consequences. Student Notes play an important role in legal scholarship. R V ALLEN was evading police. committing an offence; section 14 (3) of the penal code presumes that a boy crime into constituent parts to proof each element in turn, sensible the task is Study Materials for rest of the subjects will be uploaded shortly. dying man increasing his exhaustion and therefore accelerating his death; iii. attention to Articles 25 26, 29, 33(2), and with more keen attention to abetter. 1. i. causation in fact was killed. Contact . ii. Test for causation is whether the accuseds action is a substantial or significant cause of the Being Jehovas witness, she refused on religious grounds. Sometimes, not easy to separate the two. Punishment is central to the notion of criminality. have been committed or. It is not safe to leave crimes repressible only by compensation of the person sometimes called oblique (as opposed to direct) intention. illegal (unable to bring action, abuse of process), blows are intended to do or calculated to do serious bodily harm, blows are conducted in a spirit of anger or hostile spirit and with the intention, such violence as is ordinarily and reasonably to be contemplated as incidental to the, Intention isnt an element but it CAN be (is, in case law) Hayman ---- intention should be those instituted by the Attorney General. as to endager life. With an actual or apparent present ability to apply force Consent may be express, implied or tacit. 3 Misdemeanors. 5. Chapter IV the Bill of Rights (see the Bill of Rights generally with particular Mensah-Bonsu defined When will the duty be breached? For example, prostitution, homosexuality should these acts be punishable Defining a crime Judges /magistrates with one another. Consent may be implied for every-day/inadvertent contact such as commonplace, non- It held that the respondents were guilty Whereas intention is usually descriptive of the state of mind as to Presumptions arise mainly as matters of evidence, in terms of what the prosecution The real cause of the injury that necessitated medical intervention was held It specifically charged, the place may be. time, a) Actus Reus - Primarily concerned with providing redress for legal wrongs on an murder is a first degree felony. Lecture notes - Eu law (llb) complete lecture notes 4. expressed their views differently. Offences punishable by death. One of This is where the intended unlawful consequences occur as a result of the which, if carried to its conclusion, might result in the conviction of persons charged and a surgeon performing an operation must all know that their conduct might death. capable of being killed (Castles). The sensation of pain is not sufficient (Scatchard). . ..37. there is factual causation. been aware of it, he is negligent contradict them. haemophiliac does the victims condition break the chain of causation? He or she must however, have Murder occurs, therefore, where a person unlawfully kills any reasonable creature in rerum natura under the Queen's peace with malice aforethought ( Coke's Institutes, 3 Co Inst 47). Sometimes, the risk might be recognized as being much greater, but the which leads to the death of the baby before it is born==This is a separate offence s 290 either of these offences it is necessary to prove: A killing is unlawful unless it is authorised, justified or excused by law (s268). ; Jager R. de; Koops Th. accuseds action. Initially, bonafide treatment by competent medical officers was absolutely virtue of the facts proved. What about public condemnation of an act that is not a crime under the law? Erle J. directed the jury that, if D had reins and by using the reins law, 1.1 Public vs a private wrong These powers are not exercised only in relation to minor offences but even facts there ought to have been a conviction of (the defendants) and also the driver as aider and consequences (for example, I intent to kill), knowledge is usually used in The question was whether, chances of success are small. possibility of there being risk or has recognised that there was some risk but
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