Michelle Louise De Bretton v Hampshire County Council: CA 9 Oct 1996
The claimant sought damages after a car skidded on the road, and she was injured. She said the respondent was in breach of their statutory duty in having failed to clear the road. The authority said it...
View ArticleIrwin v Stevenson: CA 22 Feb 2002
The claimant had followed vehicles on his motor cycle for a time until he thought it safe to overtake. As he overtook the line of vehicles, the defendant tractor driver pulled out into him causing an...
View ArticleHilary Sharpe v Anne Gray: CA 20 Jan 1997
[1997] EWCA Civ 808 Bailii Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.141204 br> The post Hilary Sharpe v Anne Gray: CA 20 Jan 1997 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleNarmanie Breeze v Louis Daly: CA 28 Jan 1997
[1997] EWCA Civ 860 Bailii Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.141256 br> The post Narmanie Breeze v Louis Daly: CA 28 Jan 1997 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleMatthew George Buckley (By her Next Friend David Buckley) v Stuart Farrow and...
[1997] EWCA Civ 918 Bailii Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.141314 br> The post Matthew George Buckley (By her Next Friend David Buckley) v Stuart Farrow and Beverley Buckley: CA 4 Feb 1997...
View ArticleDixon v Morris: CA 4 Feb 1997
[1997] EWCA Civ 915 Bailii Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.141311 br> The post Dixon v Morris: CA 4 Feb 1997 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleJane Powell By John Ernest Powell, Her Father and Next Friend v Derek Gray:...
[1997] EWCA Civ 947 Bailii Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.141343 br> The post Jane Powell By John Ernest Powell, Her Father and Next Friend v Derek Gray: CA 6 Feb 1997 appeared first on...
View ArticleCambridge v Callaghan and Motor Insurers’ Bureau: CA 11 Mar 1997
[1997] EWCA Civ 1212 Bailii Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.141608 br> The post Cambridge v Callaghan and Motor Insurers’ Bureau: CA 11 Mar 1997 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleO’Neill v O’Brien and Motor Insurers’ Bureau: CA 10 Mar 1997
[1997] EWCA Civ 1206 Bailii Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.141602 br> The post O’Neill v O’Brien and Motor Insurers’ Bureau: CA 10 Mar 1997 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleSonia Silverton v Vincent Goodall and Motor Insurance Bureau: CA 26 Mar 1997
Sir Ralph Gibson explained the historical development of the Motor Insurers Bureau describing it as ‘a novel piece of extra statutory machinery’. Sir Ralph Gibson [1997] EWCA Civ 1363, [1997] PIQR 451...
View ArticleRobson v S Marriott and Guardian Insurance Limited: CA 24 Jun 1997
[1997] EWCA Civ 1947 Bailii Road Traffic Act 1988 151 Updated: 29 December 2020; Ref: scu.142343 br> The post Robson v S Marriott and Guardian Insurance Limited: CA 24 Jun 1997 appeared first on...
View ArticleService Motor Policies at Lloyds v City Recovery Limited: CA 9 Jul 1997
Stolen cars had been recovered by the police, incurring the costs of removal. The insurers (now the owners) objected to the payment of fees before the cars were restored. They said that as owners they...
View ArticleAsher, Carmichael v Thompson and Motor Insurers’ Bureau: CA 27 Oct 1998
[1998] EWCA Civ 1624 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 31 December 2020; Ref: scu.145103 br> The post Asher, Carmichael v Thompson and Motor Insurers’ Bureau: CA 27 Oct 1998 appeared first on...
View ArticleAndrew Paul Stevenson v Edmund Barry Rodbourne: CA 5 Nov 1998
[1998] EWCA Civ 1689 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 31 December 2020; Ref: scu.145168 br> The post Andrew Paul Stevenson v Edmund Barry Rodbourne: CA 5 Nov 1998 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleHossain v Thompson: CA 6 Nov 1998
Application for leave to appeal. [1998] EWCA Civ 1719 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 31 December 2020; Ref: scu.145198 br> The post Hossain v Thompson: CA 6 Nov 1998 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Lonsdale: QBD 16 Feb 2001
Where a motorist told an officer at the roadside that he suffered from bronchitis, and could not provide a specimen of breath, and he wanted to rely upon the same reason at the police station, he could...
View ArticleColin John Rosser v Paul Lindsay: CA 4 Feb 1999
The use of mirrors when manouvering a road vehicle is only advisory under the Highway Code. It is not mandatory, and a judge could not be criticised for not requiring such a counsel of perfection in a...
View ArticleNG v Director of Public Prosecutions: QBD 26 Jan 2007
The defendant appealed his sentence for driving with excess alcohol. He said that immediately before the breath test, he had belched, and that this would result in an increase in a higher reading....
View ArticleElizabeth Anne Hearne v Susan Julie Hatchett: CA 11 Mar 1999
[1999] EWCA Civ 948 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 01 January 2021; Ref: scu.145863 br> The post Elizabeth Anne Hearne v Susan Julie Hatchett: CA 11 Mar 1999 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticlePlumb v Ayres and Ryford Limited: CA 17 Mar 1999
Appeals in personal injury cases against a judge’s finding on liability are very unlikely to succeed, and in future, leave to appeal should only be given where there is a clear evidence that the judge...
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