R v Loubser
R v Loubser is an important case in South African criminal law, albeit with a very brief report. Its importance lies especially in the area of legal causation.
Facts
A septic bandage was applied to an open wound, which had been caused in an assault.
Judgment
The court there held that that circumstance did not interrupt the causal chain. Rumpff J made the declaration that, in the eyes of the law, an act is the cause of a situation if, according to human experience, the situation will flow from the act.
See also
References
- R v Loubser 1953 (2) PH H190 (W).
Notes
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