Rosser 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 ArticleSykes v Millington: 1953
Prosecution for an offence under section 2(3) of the Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933. Citations: [1953] 1 All ER 1098 Statutes: Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 2(3) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited...
View ArticleTransport for London, Regina (on the Application of) v Parking Adjudicator:...
The authority challenged a decision that a parking ticket had been given out wrongfully. The driver had driven away before the ticket had been affixed. Judges: Calvert-Smith J Citations: [2007] EWHC...
View ArticleCrown Prosecution Service v Sedgemoor Justices: Admn 3 Jul 2007
Prosecutors appeal against refusal to accept evidence from academic toxicologist who was not an ‘authorised analyst’ of blood alcohol levels. Whether only ‘authorised analyst’ able to give evidence....
View ArticleRayner v Hampshire Chief Constable: 1971
A breathalyser bag with a hole in it was not equipment which comprised a device of a type approved by the Secretary of State. Citations: [1971] RTR 15 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited –...
View ArticleBadkin v Director of Public Prosecutions: 1988
The defendant driver had provided two specimens of breath at the police station. The device used failed to provide a printout and the constable operating it decided that it could be unreliable. He...
View ArticleHunter v Butler: 1986
Citations: [1986] RTR 396 Jurisdiction: 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...
View ArticleMallard v Director of Public Prosecutions: 1990
Citations: [1990] 91 Crim App R 108 Statutes: Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 15 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Director of Public Prosecutions, Regina (on the Application Of) v...
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 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 ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Mullally: Admn 9 Nov 2006
Defence of duress to charge of driving with excess alcohol. Citations: [2006] EWHC 3448 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.249146 The...
View ArticleRainsbury, Regina (on the Application of) v The Director of Public...
The defendant appealed his conviction fro driving with excess alcohol. Judges: Irwin J Citations: [2007] EWHC 1138 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Road Traffic Act 1998 5(1)A Jurisdiction: England and...
View ArticleRobbie the Pict v Crown Prosecution Service: Admn 4 Mar 2009
Whether traffic light order unconstitutional Citations: [2009] EWHC B10 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.346849 The post Robbie the...
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. Citations: Times 07-Feb-1995 Statutes: Highways Act 1980 149 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road...
View ArticleVehicle and Operator Services Agency v Johnson: Admn 30 Jul 2003
Citations: [2003] EWHC 2104 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 12 December 2022; Ref: scu.186404 The post Vehicle and Operator Services Agency v Johnson: Admn...
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
Judges: Crane J Citations: [2006] EWHC 3330 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 20 December 2022; Ref: scu.249151 The post Rothon v Director of Public...
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...
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