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CRW2601 ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE 27 AUGUST 2026
QUESTION
(a) X, an adult female, has knowingly experienced epileptic fits for the past five
years. However, she has had a six-month period without an epileptic fit. Believing
she is healed and well, X decides to take her boyfriend’s motor vehicle and drive
to another city to visit friends. While driving to her friends, X suffers an epileptic
fit and collides with oncoming traffic. Y, the driver of an approaching vehicle, is
seriously injured as a result of the accident. Briefly discuss whether X committed
an act that could give rise to liability.
a) X’s Act and Liability [3]
The first element of criminal liability is the requirement of a voluntary act (Snyman: 4344;
LU
1.5.2).
Conduct is
voluntary
if
X
can
subject
her
bodily
movements
to
her
will
(Snyman:
46;
LU
3.3.4).
X’s
epileptic
fit
is
automatism
involuntary
conduct
(Snyman: 46-47; LU 3.3.4).












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