R v Mubila
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r-v-mubila-282-4845931
title:
R v Mubila
text:
R v Mubila is an important case in South African and Zimbabwean criminal law, heard on August 17, 1955, in which the accused was charged with murder. DP McCormac appeared for the Crown, and John Morris for the accused. Its significance lies particularly in the area of legal causation. The court expressed negatively the idea of a proximate cause, with the statement that there must be no novus actus interveniens between X's conduct and Y's death; it also expressed it positively, in the contention
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South African and Zimbabwean case law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Mubila
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2024-04-17T13:01:57Z
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