uam: an unlawful act

• what must be proven?

  a separate criminal offence causing the death
• what was confirmed in franklin (1883)?

  a civil wrong will not suffice
• what was confirmed in lamb (1967)?

  the defendant will not be guilty if the initial unlawful act cannot be proven
• what was confirmed in lowe (1973)?

  an omission will not suffice as an initial unlawful act
• what was confirmed in goodfellow (1986)?

  an offence against property will suffice as an initial unlawful act