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CAUSATIONCAUSATION

FACTUAL CAUSATION FACTUAL CAUSATION

CAUSATIONCAUSATION

 FACTUAL CAUSATIONFACTUAL CAUSATION  'BUT FOR TEST''BUT FOR TEST'  R v WHITE [1910] 2 KB 124R v WHITE [1910] 2 KB 124  LEGAL CAUSATIONLEGAL CAUSATION  'CULPABILITY''CULPABILITY'  RESPONSIBLE'RESPONSIBLE'  BLAMEABLE'BLAMEABLE'  VALUE JUDGMENT'VALUE JUDGMENT'

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2. FORSEEABLE CONSEQUENCES2. FORSEEABLE CONSEQUENCES  R v PAGETT ( 1983)76 Cr App R 279R v PAGETT ( 1983)76 Cr App R 279  R v CHESHIRE [1991] 3 ALL ER 670R v CHESHIRE [1991] 3 ALL ER 670  R v MCKECHNIE [1992] Crim LR 194R v MCKECHNIE [1992] Crim LR 194

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3. VICTIM AS YOU FIND HIM3. VICTIM AS YOU FIND HIM  R v BLAUE [1975] 3 ALL ER 446R v BLAUE [1975] 3 ALL ER 446  HOLLAND AND BLAUE REVISITEDHOLLAND AND BLAUE REVISITED  MALETTE v SHULMAN [1991] 2 Med LRMALETTE v SHULMAN [1991] 2 Med LR 162 Ontario Cof A 162 Ontario Cof A  R & T ( Adult refusal of treatment)[1992] 3R & T ( Adult refusal of treatment)[1992] 3 WLR 782 WLR 782  R&S ( A Minor) ( Medical Treatment) [1993]1R&S ( A Minor) ( Medical Treatment) [1993] FLR 376 FLR 376

VOLUNTARY ACTVOLUNTARY ACT

 BRATTY v AG FOR NI (1963) AC 386BRATTY v AG FOR NI (1963) AC 386  KAY v BUTTERWORTH [1945] 173 LT 191KAY v BUTTERWORTH [1945] 173 LT 191  HILL v BAXTER [1958]1 QB 277HILL v BAXTER [1958]1 QB 277

LAW COMMISSSION DRAFTLAW COMMISSSION DRAFT

CRIMINAL CODE CRIMINAL CODE

 CLAUSE 17(2)CLAUSE 17(2)  A person does not cause a result where...an actA person does not cause a result where...an act or event occurs- or event occurs-  a)which is the immediate and sufficient causea)which is the immediate and sufficient cause of the result; of the result;  b) which he did not forsee,andb) which he did not forsee,and  c)which could not in the circumstancesc)which could not in the circumstances reasonably have been forseen. reasonably have been forseen.