Goel v Pick: ChD 12 Apr 2006
The bankrupt had been entitled to a valuable vehicle registration mark ‘AMR 1T’. He sold it to a creditor, the claimant to clear that debt. The trustee now said that the purported assignment was...
View ArticleMotor Insurers’ Bureau v Lewis: CA 5 Jun 2019
The MIB appealed against a determination that EU Directive 2009/103/EC relating to compulsory motor insurance had direct effect against the MIB as an emanation of the state, so that the MIB was liable...
View ArticleCornish v Ferry Masters Ltd: 1975
The court discussed the criminal liability imposed for dangerous heavy goods vehicles: ‘I think that the general principle that these offences are absolute offences has to be applied here and I think...
View ArticleTurner v Arriva North East Ltd: CA 24 Mar 2006
Judges: Lord Justice Tuckey Lord Justice Laws Sir Martin Nourse Citations: [2006] EWCA Civ 410 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Personal Injury, Negligence, Road Traffic Updated: 06 July...
View ArticleMaher v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 12 May 2006
The appellant had been seen to hit another car while parking in a Sainsbury’s car park, and to have driven off. She appealed her conviction for driving without due care and attention and of failing to...
View ArticleKay v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: Admn 27 Jun 2006
For many years and in many large cities, once a month, cyclists had gathered en masse to cycle through the city in a ‘Critical Mass’ demonstration. There was no central organisation. Clarification was...
View ArticleMurphy v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 20 Jun 2006
The court rejected the defendant’s argument that the prosecutor should have put in evidence the results of the roadside breath test. Mitting J referred to the case of Badkin: ‘But nothing in the...
View ArticleDavis v Schrogin: CA 27 Jun 2006
Citations: [2006] EWCA Civ 974 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic, Negligence Updated: 07 July 2022; Ref: scu.243359 The post Davis v Schrogin: CA 27 Jun 2006 appeared first on...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions, Regina (on the Application of) v Chorley...
The prosecutor applied for an order to require the magistrates to state a case. He faced a charge of driving with excess alcohol. He pleaded not guilty. There were several adjournments, and a...
View ArticleJoseph v Director of Public Prosecutitons: Admn 24 Nov 2003
Procedures for testing driver for alcohol Judges: The Lord Woolf of Barnes LCJ Citations: [2003] EWHC 3078 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Road Traffic Act 1988 7 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road...
View ArticleWolman v Islington London Borough Council: CA 11 Jul 2006
Whether a motor-cycle which was left on a pavement, but with both wheels off the floor was ‘parked with a wheel on part of a road other than a carriageway’. Judges: Tuckey LJ Citations: [2006] EWCA Civ...
View ArticleWhittle v Bennett: CA 1 Nov 2006
Citations: [2006] EWCA Civ 1538 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic, Negligence, Personal Injury Updated: 08 July 2022; Ref: scu.246071 The post Whittle v Bennett: CA 1 Nov 2006...
View ArticleRichardson v Watson and Another: CA 6 Dec 2006
The claimant’s husband died in a road traffic accident. The other driver was not insured. The claimant began an action against the MIB, but failed first to give the necessary notice. She now appealed...
View ArticleFlower Freight Co Ltd v Hammond: 1963
Citations: [1963] 1 QB 275 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Coates v Crown Prosecution Service Admn 29-Jul-2011 The defendant appealed by case stated against his conviction for driving...
View ArticleRegina v Haringey Magistrates’ Court ex parte Amvrosiou: Admn 13 Jun 1996
When the appellant appeared at the Magistrates’ Court to answer a charge of driving whilst uninsured, a preliminary point was taken on her behalf that the prosecution had not been commenced within 6...
View ArticlePrince v The Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 1996
The appellant had convicted of an offence under s5 on the basis of evidence provided by a laboratory test of a blood sample provided under section 8(2). In each case it was contended that the...
View ArticleBarber v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 22 Nov 2006
Challenge to accuracy of speed gun. Judges: Waller LJ, Treacy J Citations: [2006] EWHC 3137 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 89, Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 20...
View ArticleRichardson and Others, Regina v: CACD 18 Dec 2006
The court considered the effect on sentencing for road traffic cases after the increase in sentence maxima for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the...
View ArticleEhrari v Curry and Another: CA 21 Feb 2007
The claimant had stepped out from behind a vehicle and was struck by the defendant’s truck. The defendant appealed a finding of 30% negligence, saying he had only one second to avoid the impact. He did...
View ArticleSharp v Ministry of Defence: QBD 14 Feb 2007
Judges: Keith J Citations: [2007] EWHC 224 (QB) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Personal Injury, Road Traffic Updated: 09 July 2022; Ref: scu.248926 The post Sharp v Ministry of Defence:...
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