Legal causation

• Legal causation is the principle that a defendant's actions must be the cause of the prohibited result in order to be held criminally liable.
• When did r v kimsey occur?

  1996
• what legal principal was used in r v kimsey?

  Necessity
• What happened during the case of r v kimsey?

  The defendant was in a high speed car chase with a friend, and lost control. this caused the death of the friend.
• What was the outcome of r v kimsey?

  While originally charged with causing death by dangerous driving, he was aquitted. This is because the court recognised that the defendant's actions were done out of a sincere belief of necessity as without his actions the livelihoods of lots of people in the village would've been impacted negatively
• when did r v blaue occur?

  1975
• what was the legal principal used in r v blaue?

  The thin skull rule
• What happened during the case of r v blaue?

  The victim wasstabbed by the defendant and needed a blood transusion. However, they refused the blood due to moral reasons and died.
• What was the outcome of r v blaue?

  The defendant was still found guilty due to the fact that the D took the V as he found her as someone who didnt want a blood transfusion.