Liability for Omission and Causation in Criminal Law

Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Facts............................................................................................................................................3
Issue.............................................................................................................................................4
Law..............................................................................................................................................4
Analysis.......................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion of the case analysis...................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The law of crimes mainly concerns with the offences that takes place, its prevention and
also the consequences pertaining. The conduct of any criminal activity is considered as Wrong,
not only against an individual or a group but is against whole of the society (Geary, 2019). Every
country have their own laws and regulations that helps in the prevention of crime and bring
justice to the culprits. The crime can be related to any nature. All the crimes have varied
punishments according to its nature. There are various elements of crime that helps in the
determination of the nature f the crime. In United Kingdom, the police, court of crimes, prison
authorities, etc. which are all funded publicly, serves for the people and provide them with
justice by punishing the culprits. This report contains a case that relates to the omission and
causation. The case scenario discussed under this report is in the ILAC format i.e. Issue, Law,
Analysis and conclusion format.
MAIN BODY
Facts
Paul was an elder cousin to Stuart. They both planned on taking a new type of drug which
they received from jack who was one of the friend of Paul. After in-taking drug by both Stuart
and Paul, it was seen after sometime that Stuart was collapsing to which both Paul and Jack
panicked and went out of the flat to seek help. While crossing Road, Jack was knocked off by a
car which did not stop.
The nurse named: June, who was off duty and was rushing for some meeting. She saw the
injured jack but did not stop at the accident spot and provided no assistance to them.
Later when jack was taken to the hospital, Dr. Green treated him. He gave him the
antibiotics to which Jack was allergic to and this resulted into some reaction. This act of the
doctor lead to the death of Jack the next morning.
Paul was also treated at the hospital for Drug Overdose at the hospital. Upon receiving
treatment he was fully recovered but he did not tell about his younger brother at the hospital
about his condition. Upon reaching flat, Paul saw that the Stuart is dead already.
Post-mortem was done of the body in which it was stated that Stuart would have survived
if provided with the proper treatment on time.