Omissions

    Cards (7)

    • Statutory duty
      An act of Parliament can create liability for omission e.g. failure to provide a specimen of breath (s6 Road Traffic Act)
    • A Contractual Duty

      Pitwood
    • A Duty because of a Relationship
      Gibbins and Proctor
    • A Duty taken on Voluntarily
      Stone and Dobinson
    • A Duty through an Official Position

      Dytham
    • A Duty from Starting a Chain of Events
      Miller
    • Duty of Doctors
      Cases where doctors decide to stop treating a patient. If discontinuing treatment is in the best interests of the patient then it is not an omission which forms the actus reus.
      Case: Airedale NHS trust v Bland
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