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The case of R v Wall (1802) provides an interesting historical illustration of causation and when the acts of the victim ‘break the chain’ and prevent the defendant from being liable.
Joseph Wall was the commander and governor of a garrison on the island of Gorée, off modern-day Senegal. In July 1782 he was petitioned by a deputation of soldiers over arrears of pay. He had the ringleaders arrested and, deciding that their behaviour amounted to an act of mutiny, ordered them to be flogged.
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