Law AS (AQA) - Causation

Question 1 of 10

1

Which type of causation uses the 'but for' test?

Select one of the following:

Factual Causation
Legal Causation

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

In which case did the defendant use his girlfriend as a human shield?

Select one of the following:

Pagett (1983)
Jordan (1956)
Cheshire (1991)

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

Which type of causation invokes the 'operating and substantial cause'?

Select one of the following:

Factual causation
Legal causation

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

In which case did the victim die after being given the wrong injection when he was recovering from being stabbed?

Select one of the following:

Smith (1959)
Cheshire (1991)
Jordan (1956)

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

Two soldiers were involved in a fight. One received a stab wound which pierced his lung. Which case was this?

Select one of the following:

Cheshire (1991)
Smith (1959)
Jordan (1956)

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

In which case did the victim die as a result of rare complications from a tracheotomy?

Select one of the following:

Smith (1959)
Cheshire (1991)
Jordan (1956)

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

What does 'novas acts interveniens' mean?

Select one of the following:

New intervening act
New act
Intervening act

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

In which case did turning off a life support machine come in to question?

Select one of the following:

Malcherek (1981)
Blaue (1975)
Roberts (1971)

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

In which case did the defendant stab a Jehovah's witness who then died after refusing a blood transfusion?

Select one of the following:

Blaue (1975)
Roberts (1971)
Malcherek (1981)

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

In the case of Roberts (1971), a girl in the defendant's car injured herself by jumping our due to sexual advances from the defendant. Why was the defendant guilty even though it was the victim's own act?

Select one of the following:

The consequence was reasonably foreseeable
The victim was injured
He made sexual advances to her

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Law AS (AQA) - Causation

Question 1 of 10

Which type of causation uses the 'but for' test?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

In which case did the defendant use his girlfriend as a human shield?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

Which type of causation invokes the 'operating and substantial cause'?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

In which case did the victim die after being given the wrong injection when he was recovering from being stabbed?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

Two soldiers were involved in a fight. One received a stab wound which pierced his lung. Which case was this?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

In which case did the victim die as a result of rare complications from a tracheotomy?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

What does 'novas acts interveniens' mean?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

In which case did turning off a life support machine come in to question?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

In which case did the defendant stab a Jehovah's witness who then died after refusing a blood transfusion?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

In the case of Roberts (1971), a girl in the defendant's car injured herself by jumping our due to sexual advances from the defendant. Why was the defendant guilty even though it was the victim's own act?

Select one of the following:

Explanation