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Murder
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This Quiz will test your knowledge of the English common law on murder
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1
Which case said that turning off the life support machine by a doctor is an omission not an act?
Malcherek (1981)
Re A (Conjoined Twins) (2000)
Attorney General's Ref No 3 of 1994 (1997)
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland (1993)
2
Which Act introduced the defence of loss of control?
Coroners & Justice Act 2009
Criminal Justice Act 2003
LASPO 2012
Homicide Act 1969
3
Killing a prisoner of war would be murder
False
True
4
Which case said that emergency medical decisions that may result in death aren't murder
Attorney General's Reference No 3 of 1994 (1998)
Malcherek (1981)
Woollin (1999)
Re A (Conjoined Twins) (2000)
5
A foetus is legally a human being
True
False
6
A criticism of murder is the mandatory life sentence
False
True
7
Which case relates to de minimus?
Roberts (1972)
Wallace (2018)
Woollin (1999)
Pagett (1983)
8
Double transfer of malice means that even if the foetus dies afterwards this cannot be the mens rea for murder
False
True
9
In which case did the father neglect his child?
Attorney General's Reference (No 3 of 1994) (1997)
Re A (Conjoined Twins) (2000)
Gibbons & Proctor (1918)
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland (1993)
10
Which law lord gives us the definition of murder?
Lord Coke
Lord Pepsi
Lord Fanta
Lord Tango
11
If you stab the mother, the child is born alive and dies afterwards this is cannot have the actus reus for murder
True
False
12
Murder has a mandatory life sentence
True
False
13
The law commission said the law on murder was fit for purpose
True
False
14
Which of these is not an element of actus reus?
Another human being
Defendant killed
Malice Aforethought
Killing was unlawful
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Which of these cases relates to liability for omissions?
Attorney General's Reference (No 3 of 1994)
Gibbons & Proctor (1918)
Woollin (1999)
Vickers (1957)
