Pleydell, Regina v: CACD 20 May 2005
Evidence of the consumption of cocaine by the driver was a relevant circumstance admissible under a prosecution for dangerous driving. [2005] EWCA Crim 1447, [2006] 1 Cr App R 12 Bailii England and...
View ArticleNembhard v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 21 Jan 2009
The defendant appealed against his conviction for failing to produce his driving documents, saying that the local police had stopped some 55 times in the previous 12 months, and that the request was...
View ArticleBugge v Taylor: 1941
A branch of a road which leads into and continues out of the place in question, such as in this case, a forecourt may qualify as a road. [1941] 1 KB 198 England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Clarke v...
View ArticleSeddon v Binions: CA 1978
The Court gave guidance on the proper method of interpreting a term of a motor insurance policy which defines the limitations of use subject to which the policy provides cover. Roskill LJ: ‘Inevitably,...
View ArticleAXA Insurance UK Ltd v EUI Ltd (T/A Elephant Insurance): QBD 14 May 2020
The claimant insurer had insured a garage in respect of a car it used for loan to customers when their own car was being repaired. There was a collision on the customer driving home from work. The...
View ArticleRichardson v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 20 Feb 2003
The defendant appealed against his conviction for driving with excess alcohol, saying that the device used to make the measurement did not have type approval. Held: The appeal failed. Stanley Burnton J...
View ArticleRouse v Squires: CA 22 Mar 1973
[1973] EWCA Civ 9, [1972] 2 All ER 903, [1973] 2 WLR 925, [1973] RTR 550, [1973] QB 889 Bailii England and Wales Citing: Cited – Dymond v Pearce CA 13-Jan-1972 A motorcyclist crashed into the rear of a...
View ArticleMohindra v Director of Public Prosecutions; Browne v The Chief Constable Of...
The defendants had been required to provide information leading to the identification of the driver. In one case the defendant was the registered keepr, and in the second not. Held: the obligations...
View ArticleThornhill, Regina (on the Application of) v Uxbridge Magistrates Court: Admn...
Silber J [2008] EWHC 508 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 12 May 2021; Ref: scu.266240 br> The post Thornhill, Regina (on the Application of) v Uxbridge Magistrates Court: Admn 3 Mar 2008...
View ArticleCooper v Hawkins: 1904
Vehicles driven by Crown servants on Crown business were not subject to the speed limits laid down by the local authority under the Locomotives Act 1865. [1904] 2 KB 164 England and Wales Citing: Noted...
View ArticleLord Advocate v Dumbarton District Council: HL 1989
The House was asked whether the Ministry of Defence was entitled to cone off a section of the A814 road without the permission of the roads authority under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 or the local...
View ArticleRosser v 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 ArticleGoodes v East Sussex County Council: CA 7 Jan 1999
A council which failed to maintain a road ice free when they had decided on the need to prevent icing, and had had the opportunity to prevent it, but failed to take it, were in breach of statutory duty...
View ArticleLitaksa UAB v BTA Insurance Company SE: ECJ 26 Mar 2015
Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles – Directive 90/232/EEC – Article 2 – Differentiation in the amount...
View ArticleRegina v Seward: 1970
The section in the 1967Act required as a precondition to a request for a breath specimen that an accident had occurred. The defendant complained that this was an issue of fact, but had been decided by...
View ArticleDuff v the Director Of Public Prosecutions: Admn 5 Mar 2009
[2009] EWHC 675 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 16 May 2021; Ref: scu.329562 br> The post Duff v the Director Of Public Prosecutions: Admn 5 Mar 2009 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleBrewer v Director Of Public Prosecutions: Admn 11 Feb 2004
[2004] EWHC 355 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 16 May 2021; Ref: scu.327984 br> The post Brewer v Director Of Public Prosecutions: Admn 11 Feb 2004 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleRegina v Nicholson and Another, Secretary of State for Environment and...
N objected to the reclassification of a public footpath over his farm as a byway open to all traffic, saying that there had been insufficient evidence to establish a dedication at common law. Held: N’s...
View ArticleLinse, Regina (on The Application of) v Chief Constable of North Wales...
Whether a certificate of motor insurance which may be avoided for non-disclosure is nevertheless a ‘valid’ certificate of insurance within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Retention and...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosections v Kayaz: 1999
The onus was on the driver of a vehicle to prove that he had a valid driving licence and insurance. [1999] RTR 40 England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Director of Public Prosecutions v Hay QBD...
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