Regina v Secretary of State for Transport, Ex Parte National Insurance...
Regulations properly excluded requirement for compulsory insurance for driver. Citations: Times 03-Jun-1996 Statutes: Road Traffic Act 1988 145(4A) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic Updated:...
View ArticleChief Constable of Northumbria v Brown: 1986
The defendant had been convicted of driving with excess alcohol. He challenged the use of a machine for the breath test which was not an Intoximeter. Held: The charge was valid. Citations: [1986] RTR...
View ArticleCoombs v Kehoe: 1972
The defendant defended a charge of driving with excess alcohol, saying that he had only driven a short distance, and that there were special circumstances; Held: The circumstances surrounding the...
View ArticleHarker v Caledonian Insurance Co: 1980
The monetary limit of the compulsory insurance was to be read into section 10, however ‘there are instances, of which costs and interest on the judgment are examples, where the insurer would be liable...
View ArticleRoss Hillman v Bond: 1974
An employer can be found to be causing or permitting an employee to overload a vehicle when he was acting in the course of his employment even though the employer is unaware of the employee’s exact...
View ArticleBastable v Little: 1907
The police had set up a series of speed traps in London Road, Croydon. Mr Little occupied himself giving warning signals to drivers approaching the traps, thus ensuring that they did not exceed the...
View ArticleRegina v Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ex parte Howell:...
After twelve years a London cab driver’s licence was not renewed on medical grounds. Held: His challenge succeeded because he had been given no opportunity to make representations about the matters...
View ArticleThe Vehicle and Operator Services Agency v Greenfarms Ltd: QBD 16 Nov 2005
Judges: Lord Justice Gage Mr Justice Openshaw Citations: [2005] EWHC 2270 (Admin) Statutes: Goods Vehicle (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 Crime, Road Traffic Updated: 17 May 2022; Ref: scu.237460 The...
View ArticleGreenway v Director of Public Prosecutions: 1993
The defendant appealed against his conviction for driving with excess alcohol. The officer had given evidence that at the time of the test all of the readings showed that the machine was working...
View ArticleDenneny v Harding: 1986
Although a police officer was able to give evidence about what he saw on the Intoximeter display panel, the evidence of the officer in the case went no further than the evidence of the readings of...
View ArticleThom v Director of Public Prosecutions: 1993
The defendant was prosecuted for driving with excess alcohol. No print-out was produced but there was oral evidence from the officers who carried out the procedure that the machine was calibrated...
View ArticleTeape v Godfrey: 1986
Citations: [1986] RTR 213 Cited by: Not to be followed – Piggott v Director of Public Prosecutions Admn 8-Feb-2008 The defendant driver had been stopped and required to provide a specimen of breath....
View ArticleAllen v Elmbridge Borough Council and Another: QBD 20 May 1998
A highway authority was not negligent or in breach of statutory duty when they inspected a roadway annually and responded to particular complaints. Ridge causing accident was common defect. Citations:...
View ArticleAshton v Director of Public Prosecutions: QBD 14 Jul 1995
Challenge to Intoximeter reading including acetone reading to be under s 78. Citations: Times 14-Jul-1995 Statutes: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 69(1) 78 Road Traffic Updated: 17 May 2022;...
View ArticleWilliams v Ellis: 1880
The court was asked whether a bicycle was a carriage for toll purposes. Held: It was not. The applicable local turnpike Act defined a carriage in such a way that motorised and animal drawn vehices were...
View ArticleMohmed v Barnes and Another: QBD 24 Jan 2019
Liability for injury caused to pedestrian in car park after altercation Judges: Turner J Citations: [2019] EWHC 87 (QB) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 18 May 2022;...
View ArticleBaldwin v West Yorkshire Police, orse Baldwin v Director of Public...
The choice given to a person detained on suspicion of driving with excess alcohol, of giving either a blood or a urine sample was given satisfactorily, if it was done properly and fairly. Curtis J: ‘I...
View ArticleBatchelor v Marlow and Another: ChD 25 May 2000
The applicant claimed parking rights as an easement. If an easement was capable of arising by virtue of a deed of grant, it could also be acquired by prescription. This was such an easement. Use in the...
View ArticleBiskett and Another v Wing; Fisher v Dukes Transport (Craigavon) Ltd: QBD 10...
Tachograph sheets become ‘recording equipment’ after their use, and must be retained as such for inspection. Citations: Times 10-Jun-1997 Statutes: Transport Act 1968 97 Road Traffic Updated: 18 May...
View ArticleBrowne v Anelay: QBD 10 Jun 1997
Driver takes over responsibility for goods vehicle as soon as he is present on the vehicle and will be the driver. Citations: Times 10-Jun-1997 Statutes: Council Regulation EEC/3821/85 Art 15(2) Road...
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