Lagden v O’Connor: HL 4 Dec 2003
The parties had been involved in a road traffic accident. The defendant drove into the claimant’s parked car. The claimant was unable to afford to hire a car pending repairs being completed, and...
View ArticlePartingdale Lane Residents’ Association, Regina (on the Application of) v...
Complaint was made that a Councillor had closed his mind to any arguments and had predetermined the decision on a proposed road re-opening order. Held: The application was allowed. Councillor Coleman...
View ArticleBryan Haulage Ltd v Vehicle Inspectorate (No2) [Appeal 217/2002]: 1 Apr 2003
(date?) (Transport Tribunal) ‘In applying the Crompton case it seems to us that the traffic commissioners and the Tribunal have to reconsider their approach. In cases involving mandatory revocation it...
View ArticleA M Richardson t/a D J Travel Consultants v Department of the Environment,...
(Transport Tribunal) The burden of proof for the purpose of a section 27 revocation issue is on the licence holder to prove its continuing good repute. Unreported, 11 May 2001, Appeal 65/2000 England...
View ArticleBryan Haulage Limited v Vehicle Inspectorate (No 1): 2002
(Transport Tribunal) The tribunal set out the correct approach to findings involving revocation of an operator’s licence (or disqualification): ‘However, in order to take action under s. 26 or to make...
View ArticleMuck It Ltd v Merritt and others; traffic Commissioner v Muck It Ltd and...
The applicant appealed revocation of its operator’s licence. Held: The Commissioner had erred. When revoking an existing goods vehicle licence the burden was on the commissioner to establish that there...
View ArticleRegina v Government of Holloway Prison, Ex parte Jennings: HL 1983
J sought habeas corpus to avoid her extradition to California on a charge of manslaughter arising from a motor accident. Her counsel argued that the unlawful killing of another by the reckless driving...
View ArticleRegina v Seymour: HL 1983
The court considered the relationship between the offences of manslaughter and causing death by reckless driving. The applicant argued that recklessness in a manslaughter case bore a different meaning...
View ArticleCarr v East Sussex Fire and Rescue Authority: CA 8 Feb 2008
The caimant appealed refusal of his claim against the defendant. Each driver claimed to have entered a junction controlled by traffic lights when the lights were at green. The judge had accepted that...
View ArticleMinistere public v Lahousse And Lavichy: ECJ 18 Nov 2010
ECJ Directives 92/61/EEC and 2002/24/EC – Type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles – Vehicles intended for use in competition, on roads or in off-road conditions – National legislation...
View ArticleAykul v Land Baden-Wurttemberg: ECJ 4 Sep 2014
ECJ Advocate General’s Opinion – Preliminary ruling – Directive 91/439/EEC and 2006/126 / EC – Driving license – Article 8, paragraph 2, of the Directive 91/439 and Article 11, paragraph 4, second...
View ArticleLondon Borough of Richmond Upon Thames v London Concrete Ltd: Admn 13 Dec 2001
The respondent company was acquitted after its vehicle, exceeding the maximum weight, was driven on a restricted street in contravention of the regulations. No unrestricted street allowed access to the...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions, Regina (on the Application Of) v Preston:...
[2003] EWHC 729 (Admin) Bailii Road Traffic Act 1988 5(1)(a) England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 23 December 2021; Ref: scu.185573 The post Director of Public Prosecutions, Regina (on the...
View ArticleWebster v Regina: CACD 3 Mar 2006
The appellant challenged his conviction for aiding an abetting the causing of death by dangerous driving as a passenger. The driver had been drunk. Held: The mere intoxication of the driver was not of...
View ArticleHerron and Another, Regina (On the Application of) v the Parking Adjudicator...
[2009] EWHC 1702 (Admin) Bailii England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 23 December 2021; Ref: scu.347751 The post Herron and Another, Regina (On the Application of) v the Parking Adjudicator and...
View ArticleBryan Haulage Limited v Vehicle Inspectorate (No 1): 2002
(Transport Tribunal) The tribunal set out the correct approach to findings involving revocation of an operator’s licence (or disqualification): ‘However, in order to take action under s. 26 or to make...
View ArticleMuck It Ltd v Merritt and others; traffic Commissioner v Muck It Ltd and...
The applicant appealed revocation of its operator’s licence. Held: The Commissioner had erred. When revoking an existing goods vehicle licence the burden was on the commissioner to establish that there...
View ArticleMaddox v Storer: QBD 1962
The defendant had a minibus carrying 11 people. The Act made it an offence to drive at over 30mph in a vehicle ‘adapted’ to carry more than seven people. Held: The phrase in Sch 1 to the Road Traffic...
View ArticleThe Presidential Insurance Company Ltd v Mohammed and Others: PC 3 Feb 2015
(Trinidad and Tobago) The principal issue in the appeal is whether the MVIA enables someone who has suffered property damage caused by a motor vehicle accident to obtain indemnity from the vehicle...
View ArticleSmeaton, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The...
The claimant challenged elements of the blue badge parking scheme. On a change, his badge had not been renewed. Goss J [2015] EWHC 146 (Admin) Bailii Road Traffic Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref:...
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