R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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| gptkbp:application |
gptkb:Kennedy
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:[2007]_UKHL_38
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:date |
2007
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38
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| gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:House_of_Lords
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| gptkbp:key |
A person who supplies a drug to another, who then freely and voluntarily self-administers it, cannot be guilty of manslaughter if the other dies as a result.
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| gptkbp:legalSubject |
gptkb:crime
causation unlawful act manslaughter |
| gptkbp:overruledBy |
gptkb:R_v_Kennedy_(No_1)_[1999]
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| gptkbp:principle |
Voluntary and informed intervention breaks the chain of causation.
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| gptkbp:reportsTo |
gptkb:UK_House_of_Lords_Decisions
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| gptkbp:response |
gptkb:Regina_(The_Crown)
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| gptkbp:subject |
heroin supply and death
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_1971
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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