R V Kennedy
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| Date decided | October 17, 2007 |
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| Court | Judicial functions of the House of Lords |
| Judge sittings | Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill |
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| ID | 2995966 |
About R V Kennedy
R v Kennedy [2007] UKHL 38 is a House of Lords case on manslaughter in English law. It established that where a person supplies a controlled drug to a fully informed and responsible adult, who dies as a result of freely and voluntarily administering that drug, the supplier cannot be guilty of manslaughter.
