Crim Test Flashcards Extended

R v Gedson

circumstantial factors apply to reasonable person

R v Hamer

characteristics do not apply to reasonable person

Tifaga

must take reasonable steps to avoid actus reus

Civil Aviation v Mackenzie

defence must prove absence of fault

JF v Police

don’t have to prove injury occurred so long as risk of injury is likely

Liev v R

victims response does not have to be foreseeable to the reasonable person

Perry v R

victims response does not have to be proportional to threat

Kennedy v R

voluntary consumption by adult

Smith, Myatt, McKinnon

establishes operative and substantive cause test

R v Pagett

defendant responsible for victims behaviour and 3rd party behaviour if it is a reasonable defensive response to the threat they pose