NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 9 DCLR (NSW) 180
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: R v Natalie BURNS [2009] NSWDC 232
HEARING DATE(S): 20/7/09-14/8/09
JUDGMENT DATE: 10 August 2009
JURISDICTION: Criminal
JUDGMENT OF: Woods QC DCJ
DECISION: Application for a directed verdict under head of "unlawfully dangerous act" refused Application for a directed verdict under head of "grossly negligent criminal omission" refused
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - manslaughter - causation - unlawfully dangerous act - criminally negligent omission - good samaritan principle
LEGISLATION CITED: Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Northern Territory Criminal Code Act 1983
The Queen v Kennedy, House of Lords (2007) UK HL 38 Royall v R (1991) 172 CLR 378 MacAngus & Kane v H.M. Advocate [2009] HCJAC 8 People v Beardsley, (1907) 113, North West, 1128 Jones v United States (1962) 308, 2d F.L.R. CASES CITED: R v Rao [1999] ACTSC 132 R v Lawford (1993) 69 A Crim R 115 R v Phillips (1971) 45 ALJR 467 R v Evans (Gemma) [2009] EWCA Crim 650 R v Styman and Taber [2004] NSWCCA 245 Donoghue and Stevenson [1932] A.C. 52 R v Taktak (1988) 34 A Crim R 334
TEXTS CITED: Stephen, J.F., A History Of The Criminal Law of England, (3 volumes) Macmillan, 1883.
PARTIES: The Crown Natalie Burns
FILE NUMBER(S): 08/11/1219
COUNSEL: Mr P Calvert - Crown Mr M Crawford-Fish - accused
SOLICITORS: NSW DPP Andrew Harris and Associates
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