Unlawful Act Manslaughter

• D must commit an unlawful act= ACTUS REUS
• " must be dangerous= ACTUS REUS
• "must cause v's death = ACTUS REUS
• D must have MR for Unlawful Act= MENS REA.

MR

Newbury and Jones- didn't realise the act was unlawful/dangerous, which was irrelevant. Could be convicted providing the U.A was dangerous and D had necessary MR.

Mitchell- Transferred malice,

AR

Stone and Dobinson- omission is insufficient for U.A.M

Franklin- a civil wrong was not enough to create liability for U.A.M

Lamb- Mens rea and actus reus was missing.

Act must be dangerous

Church- An act is dangerous if a sober and reasonable person will realise that it carries a risk of some physical harm to another.

Goodfellow- can be directed at property.

Dawson- Act not dangerous, harm realised by reasonable person must by physical, not emotional.

Watson- When deciding whether the act was dangerous, must take the view of a reasonable bystander with the knowledge of D.

U.A must cause death (prove causation)

Cato- D injected V with drugs- didn't break chain of causation.

Kennedy- V injected himself with drugs, D just prepared it- broke chain of causation.