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OCR A-Level Law
OCR Criminal Law
Actus Reus
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Actus Reus is the
guilty
act, and a
physical
element of a crime.
The actus reus must be a
positive
,
voluntary
act.
An
omission
is a failure to act.
There are 6 exceptions to the rule:
Duty arising from an Act of
Parliament
Contractual
Duty
Voluntary
assumption of responsibility
Public
Duty
Duty through
relationship
Creating a
dangerous
situation
Duty arising through
statute
is when an Act of
Parliament
says you have to act.
Contractual duty is when a
contract
is making you act.
R v
Pittwood
Voluntary
assumption of responsibility is when someone has chosen to take responsibility.
R v Stone and
Dobinson
Public Duty
is when you have an official position to act.
R v
Dytham
Duty through
relationship
is usually via a
parent
and
child.
R v
Gibbons
and
Proctor
Creating a
dangerous
situation is setting in motion a chain of
events
that create danger.
R v
Miller
State of
Affairs
is wrong
place
, wrong
time.
Winzar.