causation

• R V Blaue

  • Thin skull rule.
  • D stabbed V, but V refused a blood transfusion to save her life as she was a Jehovah's Witness. This did not break causation.
• R V Smith

  • Medical treatment not breaking causation.
  • Two soldiers had a fight and one was stabbed in the lung. When being treated, the soldier was dropped, given poor treatment and he died. It was decided the stab wound was still the real cause.
• R V Pagett

  • Factual causation
  • Uses his wife as a human shield and shoots at police. Wouldn't have died if he hadn't done it.
• R V Williams (& Davis)

  • Victim's own actions breaking causation.
  • V was hitchhiking and jumped from a moving car and died from their injuries in fear of being robbed. This was a disproportionate and unforseeable reaction to the threat.
• R V Roberts

  • Victim's own actions not breaking causation.
  • A girl jumped from a car travelling about 30mph to escape the advances of D. He was liable for her injuries as it was a foreseeable response to the threat.
• R V Jordan

  • Medical treatment breaking causation.
  • V was recovering from being stabbed, was given the palpably wrong injection and V died from an allergic reaction.
• R V White

  • No factual causation.
  • D put cyanide in his mother's tea. She drank the tea but died of a heart attack before the cyanide took effect. She would've died anyway.
• R V Hughes

  • Test for legal causation.
  • D was involved in an accident when they were driving safely, so thus was not enough for legal causation. D's actions must be more than minimal, susbstantial but need not be the only cause.
• R V Malcherek

  • Life Support Machine
  • D stabbed his wife in the stomach. She was on life support machine and the machine was eventually switched off. This did not break causation.
• R V Majoram

  • Victim's own actions not breaking causation.
  • D and others kicked and threatened through a door. When they broke through the victim jumped from the window, injuring themselves, which was a foorseeable response to the threat.
• R V Kimsey

  • Multiple causes.
  • High speed chase with friend. Not clear exactly what happened before the crash. Judge directed jury that it need be only one cause with more than a slight link to the outcome.
• R V Blaue

  • Thin skull rule.
  • D stabbed V, but V refused a blood transfusion to save her life as she was a Jehovah's Witness. This did not break causation.
• R V Smith

  • Medical treatment not breaking causation.
  • Two soldiers had a fight and one was stabbed in the lung. When being treated, the soldier was dropped, given poor treatment and he died. It was decided the stab wound was still the real cause.
• R V Pagett

  • Factual causation
  • Uses his wife as a human shield and shoots at police. Wouldn't have died if he hadn't done it.
• R V Williams (& Davis)

  • Victim's own actions breaking causation.
  • V was hitchhiking and jumped from a moving car and died from their injuries in fear of being robbed. This was a disproportionate and unforseeable reaction to the threat.
• R V Roberts

  • Victim's own actions not breaking causation.
  • A girl jumped from a car travelling about 30mph to escape the advances of D. He was liable for her injuries as it was a foreseeable response to the threat.
• R V Jordan

  • Medical treatment breaking causation.
  • V was recovering from being stabbed, was given the palpably wrong injection and V died from an allergic reaction.
• R V White

  • No factual causation.
  • D put cyanide in his mother's tea. She drank the tea but died of a heart attack before the cyanide took effect. She would've died anyway.
• R V Hughes

  • Test for legal causation.
  • D was involved in an accident when they were driving safely, so thus was not enough for legal causation. D's actions must be more than minimal, susbstantial but need not be the only cause.
• R V Malcherek

  • Life Support Machine
  • D stabbed his wife in the stomach. She was on life support machine and the machine was eventually switched off. This did not break causation.
• R V Majoram

  • Victim's own actions not breaking causation.
  • D and others kicked and threatened through a door. When they broke through the victim jumped from the window, injuring themselves, which was a foorseeable response to the threat
• R V Kimsey

  • Multiple causes.
  • High speed chase with friend. Not clear exactly what happened before the crash. Judge directed jury that it need be only one cause with more than a slight link to the outcome.