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‘The law of causation concerning new intervening acts reveals only one rule; those who do bad things with even worse consequences must expect to pay for them’ – Discuss
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'The law of causation concerning new intervening acts reveals only one rule; those who do bad things with even worse consequences must expect to pay for them' - Discuss Causation is one of the fundamental basics to determine criminal liability. It is the minimum condition to assess whether someone is liable for a crime which specifies a consequence and it would be wrong to convict a person who did not cause the consequence. The problem arises however when there is uncertainty as to what was the principle cause of the criminal act. For example when there is a long chain of events leading up to the consequence how far can we trace back the steps to determine who the initiator of the actual criminal act was? Take for instance the case Commonwealth v Welansky (1942). A fire broke out in a nightclub, spreading quickly and killing 500 people. There were several...
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