Gross Negligence Manslaughter

This is a type of involuntary manslaughter. This means the means that the defendant committed the actus reus of murder but did not have the intention to kill or cause serious injury

Adomako 

• A duty of care exists on the part of the defendant towards the victim
• There is a breach of that duty of care, which causes death
• The gross negligence is such as to be considered criminal by the jury 

Duty of Care

Donoghue v Stevenson: you owe a duty of care to your neigjbour, that is, someone closely and directly affected by your actions

Stone v Dobinson: duty taken on voluntariliy 

Litchfield: duty to manage and maintaine property (contractual)

Wacker: duty…