Mills v Barnsley Borough Council: CA 1992
References: [1992] PIQR 291 Coram: Steyn LJ Ratio: The court considered the extent of defect in a highway needed to found a claim that it was dangerous. It emphasised that the duty must not be made too...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Hill: 1991
dpp_hill1991 References: [1991] RTR 35 Coram: Neill LJ Ratio: The prosecutor appealed against dismissal of a summons alleging that the driver had driven with excess alcohol. The magistrates had...
View ArticleRegina v Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrates ex parte Ellison: QBD 1990
References: [1990] RTR 220 Coram: Bingham LJ, Leggatt J Ratio: Bingham LJ said: ‘If any criminal court at any time has cause to suspect that a prosecutor may be manipulating or using the procedures of...
View ArticleTurner and Another v Jordan and Another: QBD 2 Jul 2010
References: [2010] EWHC 1508 (QB) Links: Bailii Ratio: Last Update: 24 April 2018 Ref: 421270 The post Turner and Another v Jordan and Another: QBD 2 Jul 2010 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleVaughan v Dunn: 1984
References: [1984] RTR 376 Coram: Goff LJ Ratio: Goff LJ considered the circumstances where, a defendant having been convicted of driving wih excess alcohol, the court could find special reasons for...
View ArticleLomas v Bowler: 1984
References: [1984] Crim LR 178 Ratio: The defendant appealed against his conviction for driving with excess alcohol. He had wanted to bring his own expert evidence. At the roadside, he had failed fully...
View ArticleGumbley v Cunningham: 1987
References: [1987] 3 All ER 733, [1988] QB 170, [1987] Crim LR 776, (1987) 86 Cr App R 282, [1987] 3 WLR 1072 Ratio: Justices had to be careful not to convict of driving with excess alcohol unless they...
View ArticleHoward v Hallett: QBD 1984
References: [1984] RTR 353 Coram: Robert Goff LJ Ratio: The police adduced in evidence against the defendant the analysis of a specimen of breath which was not the specimen required under the Act....
View ArticleFox v Chief Constable of Gwent: HL 1986
References: [1986] 1 AC 281, [1985] 3 All ER 392, [1985] 1 WLR 1126, [1985] RTR 337, [1986] Crim LR 59, (1985) 82 Cr App R 105, (1985) 150 JP 97 Coram: Lord Bridge, Lord Fraser of Tullybelton Ratio:...
View ArticlePascoe v Nicholson: HL 1981
References: [1981] 1 WLR 1061 Ratio: A specimen of blood was required at one police station but provided at another. Held: The request was validly made. Statutes: Road Traffic Act 1972 9 Jurisdiction:...
View ArticleCommission v Denmark (Free Movement Of Persons): ECJ 15 Sep 2005
References: C-464/02, [2005] EUECJ C-464/02 Links: Bailii Ratio: ECJ Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Freedom of movement for workers – Motor vehicles – Making available to the...
View ArticleCommission v Germany (Transport): ECJ 15 Sep 2005
References: C-372/03, [2005] EUECJ C-372/03 Links: Bailii Ratio: ECJ Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations ? Directive 91/439/EEC ? Driving licences – Minimum age requirement to drive certain...
View ArticleMacleod v Hamilton: 1965
References: [1965] SLT 305 Ratio: Unless an authority which makes a traffic control order complies with the requirements imposed on the making of such an order and the publication of the order is...
View ArticleMansfield and Another v Weetabix Limited and Another: CA 26 Mar 1997
Mansfield_weetabixCA0397 References: [1997] EWCA Civ 1352, [1998] 1 WLR 1263 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Justice Leggatt Lord Justice Aldous Sir Patrick Russell Ratio: A lorry belonging to the defendants...
View ArticleYoung v Flint: 1987
References: [1987] RTR 300 Ratio: Alterations to an intoximeter can be so fundamental that they can cause an approved device to lose its approval or at least to lead to the conclusion that the device...
View ArticleFerrymasters Ltd v Adams: 1980
References: [1980] RTR 139 Coram: Waller LJ, Park J Ratio: Employers were alleged to have caused or permitted an employee to drive a vehicle on the road while not holding a driving licence authorising...
View ArticleGibson v Dalton: CA 1980
References: [1980] RTR 410 Coram: Donaldson LJ Ratio: The requirement to notify a defendant of the possibility of a prosecution is to allow him to preserve any necessary evidence. This case is cited...
View ArticleRegina v Denton: CACD 1987
References: (1987) Cr App R 246 Coram: Caulfield J Ratio: The trial judge had refused to leave to the jury the defence of necessity, which the appellant sought to bring to a road traffic allegation....
View ArticleNelson v Thompson: 1985
References: [1985] RTR 220 Ratio: This case is cited by: Cited – Parish v Director of Public Prosecutions (Orse Parrish v Director of Public Prosecutions) QBD (Times 02-Mar-00, [2000] RTR 143) The...
View ArticleRegina v Skegness Magistrates’ Court ex parte Cardy: 1985
References: [1985] RTR 49 Coram: Robert Goff LJ Ratio: Representations that the Intoximeter or other device used for measuring breath alcohol, should not have been approved or that the Secretary of...
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