Williams, Regina v: CACD 2 Nov 2010
References: [2010] EWCA Crim 2552, [2011] 1 WLR 588, (2010) 174 JP 606 Links: Bailii Coram: Thomas LJ, Silber LJ, Wadsworth QC Ratio: The offence of causing death by driving while unlicensed,...
View ArticleSales v Lake: 1922
References: [1922] 1KB 553 Ratio: A hackney carriage may be plying for hire siomply by waiting in the street available to take passengers. This case is cited by: Cited – Oddy, Regina (on the...
View ArticleMcCrone v Riding: 1938
References: [1938] 1 All ER 157 Ratio: The defendant had been acquitted of careless driving after the magistrates held that he was ‘exercising oll the skill and attention to be expected from a peson...
View ArticleRoberts v Ramsbottom: 1980
References: [1980] 1 WLR 823 Coram: Neill LJ Ratio: A motorist was involved in an accident when unknowingly he was suffering from a stroke and was unaware of his unfitness to drive. The court...
View ArticleMarshall v Osmond: CA 1983
References: [1983] 2 All ER 367, [1983] 1 QB 1034, [1983] 3 WLR 13 Coram: Sir John Donaldson MR, Dillon LJ, Sir Denis Buckley Ratio: The plaintiff was passenger in a stolen car seeking to escape the...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Broomfield: QBD 2002
References: 166 Justice of the Peace 736, (2002) EWHC 1962 (Admin) Coram: Judge Wilkie QC Ratio: If a notice is in reasonable form and requires the information to be given in a particular form then...
View ArticleSimpson v Peat: 1952
References: [1952] 2 QB 24 Coram: Lord Goddard Ratio: As to the offence of driving without due care and attention, Lord Goddard said: ‘The expression ‘error of judgment’ is not a term of art; it is in...
View ArticleBussey v Director of Public Prosecutions: CA 17 Mar 1999
References: Gazette 17-Mar-1999, [1998] Crim LR Ratio: Where there remained a difference between the defence and the prosecution as to the facts on which a sentence was to be based a crown court...
View ArticleLucy Maria Gretta O’Mahony v Thomas Anthony Joliffe Motor Insurers Bureau: CA...
References: [1999] EWCA Civ 1181 Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 28 March 2018 Ref: 146096 The post Lucy Maria Gretta O’Mahony v Thomas Anthony Joliffe Motor Insurers...
View ArticleAndrea Jane Constable v Tyson Richard Streets and First Saxon Group Limited:...
References: [1999] EWCA Civ 1277 Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 28 March 2018 Ref: 146192 The post Andrea Jane Constable v Tyson Richard Streets and First Saxon Group...
View ArticleRegina v MacDonagh: CA 1974
References: [1974] RTR 372, [1974] 1 QB 448 Coram: Lord Widgery CJ Ratio: The Road Traffic Acts do not define the word ‘drive’ and in its simplest meaning it refers to a person using the driver’s...
View ArticleHarrison v Hill: 1932
References: 1932 JC 13 Coram: Lord Justice-General (Clyde), Lord Sands Ratio: The court considered the characteristics which would make ‘any other road to which the public has access’ a road for road...
View ArticleHoy v McFadyen: HCJ 2000
References: [2000] SLT 1060 Coram: Lord Sutherland Ratio: The accused was charged with driving whilst disqualified. He had been in the driver’s seat and had started the engine. On turning off the...
View ArticleBlayney v Knight: 1975
References: [1975] RTR 279 Coram: Widgery LCJ Ratio: The driver of a car left it momentarily, during which time the defendant went and sat in the driver’s seat. When the driver returned, he attempted...
View ArticleGregory v Kelly: 1978
References: [1978] RTR 426 Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 30 March 2018 Ref: 189956 The post Gregory v Kelly: 1978 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleRex v Bolkis: CCA 1932
References: (1932) 24 Cr App R 19 Ratio: The defendant complained that a jury had not been asked a question of fact, namely whether his name and address could not be discovered withut due diligence....
View ArticlePitts v The Personal Representatives of Mark James Hunt (Deceased) and...
References: [1991] 1 QB 24, [1990] 3 All ER 344, [1990] EWCA Civ 17 Links: Bailii Coram: Beldam LJ, Balcombe LJ Ratio: The plaintiff and a friend had spent the evening drinking at a disco before...
View ArticleEvans v The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions...
References: C-63/01, Times 09-Dec-2003, [2003] EUECJ C-63/01 Links: Bailii Ratio: ECJ Reference for a preliminary ruling: High Court of Justice (England and Wales), Queen’s Bench Division – United...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Butterworth: HL 22 Jul 1994
References: Independent 19-Aug-1994, Times 22-Jul-1994 Ratio: Failing to give breath test charge needn’t specify which of sections 4 or 5. On a charge of failing to give a breath specimen, there was no...
View ArticleHayes v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 2004
References: [2004] EWHC 277 (Admin) Ratio: Absence of caution from form requesting information form driver. This case cites: Cited – Mawdesley and Yorke v Chief Constable of Cheshire Constabulary and...
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