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Haines v Roberts

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All England Law Reports/1953/Volume 1 /Haines v Roberts - [1953] 1 All ER 344 [1953] 1 All ER 344 Haines v Roberts QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION LORD GODDARD CJ, CROOM-JOHNSON AND PEARSON JJ 26 JANUARY 1953 Street Traffic - Charge of motor vehicle while under influence of drink - "In charge" - Vehicle left in public yard - Road Traffic Act, 1930 (c 43), s 15(1). Where a person leaves a motor vehicle in a road or public place away from home, he is in charge of that vehicle until he puts it into the charge of somebody else. Quaere: whether a person remains in charge of a motor...

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Director of Public Prosecutions V. Watkins

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ICLR: King's/Queen's Bench Division/1989/DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS v. WATKINS - [1989] Q.B. 821 [1989] Q.B. 821 [QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION] DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS v. WATKINS 1989 Jan. 23, 24; March 1 Taylor L.J. and Henry J. Road Traffic - Drunk in charge of motor vehicle - "In charge" - Defendant in driving seat of vehicle not owned by him - Defendant holding bunch of keys - No evidence that key in hand suitable to start engine - Whether defendant in charge - Whether likelihood of defendant driving car - Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), ss. 5, 6 (as amended by Transport Act 1981 (c. 56),...

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Defences

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Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2018/Part C Road Traffic Offences/Section C5 Drink-Driving and Drug-Driving Offences/DRIVING, OR BEING IN CHARGE, WITH ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION ABOVE PRESCRIBED LIMIT/Defences Defences C5.49 The Statutory 'Hip-flask' Defence Section 15(3) of the RTOA 1988 (see C5.41) affords a defence to a charge under the RTA 1988, s. 5, where the defendant claims that the fact that he has alcohol in his body above the prescribed limit is attributable to consumption after the event to an extent that, but for that later consumption of alcohol, evidence from the specimen would not have resulted in an offence being made out. Once the statutory assumption...

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Regina v Blackman

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Neutral Citation Number: [2017] EWCA Crim 190 Case No: 2016/05551/B1 & 2016/05552/B1 IN THE COURT MARTIAL APPEAL COURT ON A REFERENCE BY THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION ON APPEAL FROM A COURT MARTIAL AT BULFORD (THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL) Royal Courts of JusticeStrand, London, WC2A 2LL Date: 15/03/2017Before: THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF APPEAL CRIMINAL DIVISION MR JUSTICE OPENSHAW MR JUSTICE SWEENEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between: Regina - and - Alexander Wayne Blackman Respondent Appellant - - - - - -...

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Robinson v The State

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Trinity Term [2015] UKPC34 Privy Council Appeal No 0038 of 2013 JUDGMENT Robinson (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) From the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago before Lady Hale Lord Kerr Lord Clarke Lord Hughes Lord Toulson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 20 July 2015 Heard on 16 June 2015 Appellant Respondent Paul Bowen QC ...

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Daniel v The State

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[2012] UKPC15 Privy Council Appeal No 0109 of 2009 JUDGMENT Marcus Jason Daniel (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) From the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago before Lord Phillips Lord Clarke Lord Dyson Lord Sumption Lord Reed JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY LORD DYSON ON 23 May 2012 Heard on 8 March 2012 Appellant Respondent Julian Knowles QC Peter Knox QC Ms Michelle Butler Aidan Casey (Instructed by Simons (Instructed by Charles Muirhead & Burton Russell LLP) Solicitors) LORD DYSON: On 14 December 2005, the appellant was convicted at the Port of Spain...

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Brown v The State

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[2012] UKPC2 Privy Council Appeal No 0107 of 2010 JUDGMENT Nigel Brown (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) From the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago before Lord Brown Lord Kerr Lord Clarke Lord Dyson Sir Declan Morgan JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY LORD KERR ON 7 FEBRUARY 2012 Heard on 20 October 2011 Appellant Respondent Julian Knowles QC Peter Knox QC Mark Summers (Instructed by Simons (Instructed by Charles Muirhead & Burton) Russell LLP) LORD KERR: On the morning of 28 October 2004, a 76 year old man called Lloyd Bailey was with his wife, Evelyn, in their home in Second...

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DANIEL M’NAGHTEN’S CASE. May 26, June 19, 1843.

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DANIEL M'NAGHTEN'S CASE. May 26, June 19, 1843. [Mews' Dig. i. 349; iv. 1112. S.C. 8 Scott N.R. 595; 1 C. and K. 130; 4 St. Tr. N.S, 847. The rules laid down in this case have been accepted in the main as an authoritative statement of the law (cf. Beg. v. Townley, 1863, 3 F. and F. 839; Beg. v. Southey, 1865, 4 F. and F. 864; Reg. v. Leigh, 1866, 4 F. and F. 919). But they have been adversely criticised both by legal and medical text writerz (see 2 Steph. Hist Crim. Law, 124-186; Mayne Ind. Crinm. Law (ed....

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WONG KAM-MING v THE QUEEN

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Weekly Law Reports (ICLR)/1979/Volume 2 /WONG KAM-MING APPELLANT AND THE QUEEN RESPONDENT - [1979] 2 WLR 81 [1979] 2 WLR 81 WONG KAM-MING APPELLANT AND THE QUEEN RESPONDENT [PRIVY COUNCIL] [APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF HONG KONG] 1978 Oct. 17, 18, 19;Dec. 20 Lord Diplock, Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone, Lord Salmon, Lord Edmund-Davies and Lord Keith of Kinkel Crime -- Evidence -- Confession -- Admissibility -- Voir dire -- Defendant cross-examined as to truth of statement and admitting participation in offence -- Whether cross-examination proper -- Statement ruled inadmissible -- Crown adducing evidence of and cross-examining, on defendant's admissions in voir dire -- Whether...

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REGINA v. RICE AND OTHERS

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ICLR: King's/Queen's Bench Division/1963/Volume 1/REGINA v. RICE AND OTHERS. - [1963] 1 Q.B. 857 [1963] 1 Q.B. 857 [COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL] REGINA v. RICE AND OTHERS. 1962 Nov. 26, 27, 28. Ashworth, Salmon and Winn JJ. 1963 Jan. 29. Crime - Evidence - Confession - Co-defendant, by - Statement by one defendant implicating other co-defendants - Prosecution's omission to prove statement - Statement not produced by maker - Maker cross-examined by co-defendant - Whether prosecution may cross-examine maker on contents of statement - Whether prosecution may reveal making of statement by cross-examination of maker or co-defendant. Evidence - Documentary - Airline ticket - Used ticket bearing names...

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