Hunter v Butler: 1986
[1986] RTR 396 England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Hewison v Meridian Shipping Pte, Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd, Flex Installer Offshore Ltd CA 11-Dec-2002 The claimant was awarded damages for injuries...
View ArticleScott v Jelf: 1974
The defendant was accused of driving whilst disqualified. He drove in breach of the conditions of a provisional licence having been disqualified until he took the test. Held: Lord Widgery CJ: ‘That...
View ArticleRegina v David Newton: 1974
The Lord Chief Justice was unable to accept that someone with 127 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, a little over half the legal limit, did not feel any effect. The process of...
View ArticleRegina v Wickins: 1958
The court prescribed four requirements for a special reason: namely, it must be a mitigating or extenuating circumstance; it must not in law amount to a defence; it must be directly connected with the...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Mullally: Admn 9 Nov 2006
Defence of duress to charge of driving with excess alcohol. [2006] EWHC 3448 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 01 June 2021; Ref: scu.249146 br> The post Director of Public Prosecutions v...
View ArticleVehicle and Operator Services Agency v Johnson: Admn 30 Jul 2003
[2003] EWHC 2104 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 02 June 2021; Ref: scu.186404 br> The post Vehicle and Operator Services Agency v Johnson: Admn 30 Jul 2003 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleStinton v Stinton and Another: CA 5 Jan 1995
A passenger who was effectively involved in a joint enterprise with a drunk driver has no claim against Motor Insurers Bureau under the scheme. The MIB was not liable to a passenger who was aware that...
View ArticleScott and Another v Westminster City Council: CA 7 Feb 1995
A hot chestnut brazier was article ‘deposited on highway’ and was removable by a police constable. Times 07-Feb-1995 Highways Act 1980 149 England and Wales Updated: 02 June 2021; Ref: scu.89064 br>...
View ArticleMcNight v Davies: 1974
The court considered whether a driver had teken a vehicle without the owners consent, and having had that consent for one purpose, continued to use the car beyond that purpose: ‘[n]ot every brief,...
View ArticleRothon v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 27 Nov 2006
Crane J [2006] EWHC 3330 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 03 June 2021; Ref: scu.249151 br> The post Rothon v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 27 Nov 2006 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleGriffiths v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 22 Mar 2007
Photographic output was part of device process The defendant appealed his conviction for speeding, complaining at the technical accuracy of the Gatso camera used, and the use of photographs developed...
View ArticleTaleb v Trina Coaches Ltd: CA 5 Oct 2009
The claimant cyclist said that the defendant’s coach driver had caught her handlebar causing her to fall and be injured as he passed her on Euston Road. She appealed against a decision that she had not...
View ArticleMcCord v Thomson: ScSf 16 Oct 2008
Scots Damages Calculation not as English The parties disputed the damages payable after a road traffic accident. The pursuer was a passenger on a bus hit by the defendant driver, and suffered various...
View ArticleMathilde Grasser v Freistaat Bayern (Freedom Of Establishment): ECJ 31 Mar 2011
ECJ Directive 91/439/EEC – Mutual recognition of driving licences – Driving licence issued by a Member State in disregard of the requirement for residence – Recognition refused by the host Member State...
View ArticleMilton v Crown Prosecution Service: Admn 16 Mar 2007
The defendant appealed his conviction for dangerous driving, saying that his special skills as a trained police driver should have been allowed for. He had driven on a motorway at average speeds of...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Darwen: Admn 24 Jan 2007
Prosecutor’s appeal against dismissal of case of failing to provide specimen of breath. [2007] EWHC 337 (Admin) Bailii Road Traffic Act 1988 6 England and Wales Updated: 09 June 2021; Ref: scu.249867...
View ArticleParker v Bradford Crown Court: Admn 20 Jun 2006
The defendant challenged his conviction for driving with excess alcohol, saying that the prosecution had failed to establish that he had been warned that not to provide a specimen of breath would be an...
View ArticleParker, Regina (on the Application of) v Bradford Crown Court: Admn 20 Dec 2006
[2006] EWHC 3213 (Admin) Bailii Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2000 England and Wales Updated: 14 June 2021; Ref: scu.249174 br> The post Parker, Regina (on the Application of) v...
View ArticleHeaton v Herzog: CA 13 Nov 2008
The court considered an accident caused when a motorcyclist, travelling at excessive speed along a main road, collided with a car that emerged from a side road. The driver of the car had not looked...
View ArticleNetwork Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Conarken Group Ltd: TCC 21 Jul 2010
The claimants, operators of the rail network, sought recovery of damages arising from damage to its bridges by negligent drivers. The parties disputed the principles applicable in calculating the...
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