Fleming v Mayne: CANI 3 Mar 2000
The court set out the circumstances in which it could find special reasons for not disqualifying a driver who had driven with excess alcohol. [2000] NICA 5 Bailii Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order...
View ArticleMoreno v The Motor Insurers’ Bureau: SC 3 Aug 2016
The claimant had been severely injured when hit by a car in Greece. The car’s driver was uninsured. The Court was now asked whether the scope of her claim to damages was to be determined in accordance...
View ArticleRegina v Spence: CACD 24 May 1999
A private company car park, where there was no proof of use by the public, was not a public road, and a driver could not be convicted of dangerous driving whilst in it. There must be evidence that the...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutins v Vivier: 1991
There had been a traffic accident in a large privately owned caravan park. Held: Premises will be private where they are entered for reasons beneficial to the occupier. Referring to Harrison v Hill:...
View ArticleMontgomery v Loney: CANI 1959
When asking whether a roadway is a public road, one asks whether there is about those who obtain permission to enter ‘some reason personal to them for their admittance’, and ‘Generally, the decision...
View ArticleLewis, Regina (on the Application Of) v the Director of Public Prosecutions:...
Appeal by way of case stated from a decision convicting the appellant, of driving a motor car when he had consumed alcohol in excess of the prescribed limit, contrary to the provisions of section 5 of...
View ArticleMay v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 15 Apr 2005
Whether the car park where the driving took place was a ‘public place’ within the meaning of section 3. Held: The appeal failed.Laws LJ set out the following propositions as accurately summarising the...
View ArticleFilmer v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 1 Nov 2006
Conviction for having driven a car whilst drunk in a public place, the car park of his employers. Latham LJ, Fulford J [2006] EWHC 3450 (Admin), [2007] RTR 28 Bailii England and Wales Cited by: Cited –...
View ArticleDeacon v AT (a minor): 1976
A 15-year old (Deacon or Deakin) who drove a motor car on a Council housing estate was charged with offences of driving a vehicle on a road A road in a housing estate, used only by those who resided in...
View ArticleEvans v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 20 Nov 2017
King J [2017] EWHC 3773 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 16 January 2021; Ref: scu.628718 br> The post Evans v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 20 Nov 2017 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleRichardson v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 28 Feb 2019
Private Car park was not a public plae. The defendant appealed from his conviction for being drunk in charge of a vehicle in a public place. The place was marked private but allowed for paring for...
View ArticleCollier v Crapper: CA 9 Feb 2001
The court rejected an application for leave to appeal. The defendant had turned right out of a slow moving land of traffic into the path of the plaintiff who was riding a motor cycle along the off-side...
View ArticleSkinner v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 29 Nov 2004
Rose LJ, Pitchford J [2004] EWHC 2914 (Admin) Bailii Road Traffic Act 1988 5(1) England and Wales Updated: 18 January 2021; Ref: scu.220538 br> The post Skinner v Director of Public Prosecutions:...
View ArticleMaud v Castle Point Borough Council: CA 2 Oct 2002
appli Kennedy, Buxton, Keene LJJ [2002] EWCA Civ 1526, [2003] LGR 47, [2003] RTR 122 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 18 January 2021; Ref: scu.217708 br> The post Maud v Castle Point Borough...
View ArticleZafar v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 1 Nov 2004
The defendant appealed his conviction for failing a breath test. He said that since the meter could be affected by mouth alcohol, the prosecutor had a duty to show that the reading arose from a breath...
View ArticleMontgomery v Loney: CANI 1959
When asking whether a roadway is a public road, one asks whether there is about those who obtain permission to enter ‘some reason personal to them for their admittance’, and ‘Generally, the decision...
View ArticleArnesen v Heffey: CA 9 Jul 2002
[2002] EWCA Civ 1058 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 20 January 2021; Ref: scu.217349 br> The post Arnesen v Heffey: CA 9 Jul 2002 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Robertson: QBD 4 Mar 2002
The motorist had been stopped. He had not failed the roadside breathalyzer test, but the officer continued and arrested him. He was acquitted. The prosecutor appealed. Held: The use of the section 6...
View ArticleZagato Lancia Borkwood Engineering Ltd v Parking Appeals Adjudicator: CA 4...
[2002] EWCA Civ 1449 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 20 January 2021; Ref: scu.217778 br> The post Zagato Lancia Borkwood Engineering Ltd v Parking Appeals Adjudicator: CA 4 Oct 2002 appeared...
View ArticleNorth v TNt Express (UK) Ltd: CA 25 May 2001
The claimant, who was drunk and a member of a group of people in a similar condition, asked the defendant, a lorry driver, for a lift. When the defendant refused, the claimant climbed onto the front...
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