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Drink Drive Case Notes

CONTENTS

 
 
CHAPTER 1: THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SPECIMENS
 
The Arrest
R v Fox, Fox v Chief Constable of Gwent; Gull v Scarborough; Hartland v Alden; DPP v Kay (John); DPP v Porter (Paul Nicholas); DPP v Robertson (Steven Gary)
 
Random Stopping of Vehicles
Chief Constable of Gwent v Dash; DPP v Minton
 
Reasonable Suspicion and Reasonable Belief
Johnson v Whitehouse; Blake v Pope; DPP v Redling; DPP v McGladrigan; Whelehan v DPP; Grant v DPP
 
Trespass
Morris v Beardmore; Clarke v DPP
 
Whether Constable in the Course of an Investigation
Graham v Albert; Pearson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; Hawes v DPP; R v South Norfolk JJ ex p Keymer; DPP v Earnshaw (Neil Graham)
 
Medical Reasons why Breath Specimens Cannot be Provided or Should not be Required
Horrocks v Binns; White & Gaskell v Proudlock; Dempsey v Catton; Davis v DPP; Davies (Gordon Edward) v DPP; Webb v DPP; Young (Paula) v DPP; Francis v DPP; Steadman v DPP
 
Breath Analysis Device Unreliable, Unavailable, or Not Practicable to Use it
Cotter v Kamil; Slender v Boothby; Morgan v Lee; Waite v Smith; Dye v Manns; Thompson v Thynne; Oxford v Baxendale; Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset v Kelliher; Chief Constable of Kent v Berry; Haghigat-Khou v Chambers; Stokes v Sayers; Tobi v Nicholas; Badkin v DPP; Denny v DPP; Jones (David Alan) v DPP; Dixon v Yardley; Wootton v DPP; Rathbone v DPP; Jarvis v DPP; Bobin v DPP; DPP v Smith (Robert James); Kneale v DPP
 
Driver’s Condition Due to Some Drug
Cole v DPP; Bell v DPP
 
The Procedure
DPP v Carey; Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset v Singh; DPP v Warren; Edge v DPP; Meade v DPP; Ogburn v DPP; Williams v DPP; DPP v Duffy; DPP v Nesbitt; R v Cheshire JJ ex p Cunningham and Other Cases; R v Cheshire JJ ex p Sinnott and Other Cases; DPP v Garrett; Beaufont v DPP; DPP v Palmer (Carlton Lloyd); DPP v Ward (Andrew Stuart); DPP v Jackson; Stanley v DPP; Clayton v DPP; Beatrice v DPP; DPP v Coulter
 
Medical Reasons why a Blood Specimen Cannot or Should not be Taken
Grix v Chief Constable of Kent; Wade v DPP; DPP v Wythe; DPP v Donnelly (Ronald Francis); DPP v Gibbons (Stuart Michael); Kinsella v DPP
 
Hospital Patients
Askew v DPP; Whelan v DPP; R v Burton upon Trent JJ ex p Woolley; Webber v DPP; Butler (Michael Joseph) v DPP; Whitfield v DPP; Townson v DPP
 
Repeat Requirements and Multiple Specimens
Blake v Bickmore; Sparrow v Bradley; Howard v Hallett; Owen v Morgan; Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset v Creech; Nugent v Ridley; Durdan v Chief Officer, Metropolitan Police; Morrison (Trevor) v DPP; Stewart (John Kimball) v DPP; Edmond v DPP
 
Urine Specimens
Wyllie v CPS; Barnes v Chief Constable of Durham; DPP v Taylor (Graham); DPP v Baldwin (Alistair)
 
 
CHAPTER 2: REPLACEMENT SPECIMENS: LOWER BREATH READING NO MORE THAN 50
 
The Duty to Put the Option
Reeves v Enstone; DPP v Poole; Cartwright (Anthony) v DPP;Brennan v DPP; Noscoe v DPP; Baldwin (John) v DPP
 
Information to be Given to the Driver about the Breath Analysi
DPP v Hill-Brookes; DPP v Ormsby
 
Dissuasion from Exercising the Option
Carberry v Bettinson; Sharp v Spencer; Rush v DPP; Body v CPS
 
Whether Option Exercised
Rawlins v Brown; Hope v DPP; DPP v Charles and Other Cases; DPP v Berry; Mahoney v DPP; R on the Application of Ijaz v DPP
 
Motorist Must Understand that a Blood Specimen will be Taken by a Doctor
Turner v DPP; Chatelard v DPP; Fraser v DPP
 
Medical Reasons Why Blood Cannot or Should Not Be Taken
Johnson v West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police; Andrews v DPP; Hayes v DPP; R v Epping JJ ex p Quy; Salisbury v CPS; DPP v Joiner; Robinson (Dena) v DPP; Gorman v DPP; DPP v Arnup; DPP v Orchard; Joseph v DPP
 
Other Issues
Sivyer v Parker; Murray v DPP; R v DPP ex p Branagan; DPP v Memery
 
 
CHAPTER 3: SPECIMENS FOR LABORATORY TESTING
 
Taking and Dividing the Specimen
Over v Musker; Perry v McGovern; Dear v DPP; R v North Sefton JJ ex p Rimmer; Butler v DPP; DPP v Elstob; DPP v Snook; Johnson (Antony Harold) v DPP; DPP v Higgins (Adam Scott); Campbell v DPP; Russell v Devine; Jones (Elaine) v CPS; O’Connell v DPP; Lidington v DPP
 
Analysis Techniques and Procedures
Lomas v Bowler; Sophocleous v Ringer; Stephenson v Clift; R v Bolton Magistrates’ Court ex p Scally and Other Cases; Stevens v DPP; Gregory v DPP; Byrne (Simon David) v DPP; Dhaliwal v DPP
 
Police Erroneously Notifying Defendant that no Further Action would be Taken
Mokhra v DPP
 
The 6 mg Allowance
Walker v Hodgins; Oswald v DPP; DPP v Perkins; DPP v Welsh (Eric Thomas)
 
Back-Calculation
Gumbley v Cunningham; Benham v DPP
 
Certificates
Anderton v Kinnard; Penman v Parker; Hawkins v DPP; Ramsey (Jennifer) v DPP; Louis v DPP; Whyte v DPP; Wooldridge v DPP; DPP v Stephens
 
The Provenance of the Specimen
Tremlett v Fawcett; Gregson v DPP; McGinty v DPP; Rawal (Sushil) v DPP Mills v DPP
 
 
CHAPTER 4: FAILING TO PROVIDE SPECIMENS
 
The Nature of the Refusal
DPP v Shuker; Smith v Hand; Campbell v DPP; Smyth v DPP;Hingley-Smith v DPP; DPP v Lawrence (Scott James); May v DPP; DPP v Swan
 
The Sufficiency of the Specimen
Anderton v Waring; DPP v Heywood; Chand v DPP; DPP v Chand
 
Single Specimen Provided
Stepniewski v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; Oldfield v Anderton; Denneny v Harding; DPP v Byrne (David Stephen); DPP v Thomas (Elwyn Kenneth); DPP v Radford
 
Time for Providing Specimen
Patel v DPP; Cosgrove v DPP; Walters (Julian) v DPP; Oberoi (Yash) v DPP; Robertson (Eric) v DPP
 
Whether Requirement Made
Maudling v DPP; Burke v DPP; Cawley (Stephen) v DPP
 
Whether Requirement Made under Section 6 or Section 7
DPP v Karamouzis
 
 
CHAPTER 5: REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE
Conditional Agreement
Grennan v Wescott; Francis v Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset; DPP v Billington; Chappell v DPP; DPP v Rumble; Corywright v East; DPP v Verity; DPP v Skinner; DPP v Cornell; DPP v Whalley; Salter v Chief Constable of Wiltshire; DPP v Kirk; DPP v Smith (Alan Robert); DPP v Varley; DPP v Noe
 
Medical Reasons
R v Lennard; Woolman v Lenton; DPP v Boden; DPP v Judge;DPP v Daley; DPP v Curtis; DPP v Szarzynski; DPP v Crofton; DPP v Hammond; DPP v Furby; Falzarano v DPP; DPP v Lonsdale; McMahon v CPS; Martiner v DPP; DPP v Mukandiwa; Pattison v DPP; Oladimeji v DPP
 
“Trying Hard”
Grady v Pollard; DPP v Eddowes; DPP v Ambrose; DPP v Comber; DPP v Simpson (Ian William)
 
Other Grounds for Arguing Reasonable Excuse
Beck v Sager; McGrath v Vipas; Dawes v Taylor; Spalding v Paine; Foster v Bentley; Kemp v Chief Constable of Kent; Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset v O’Brien; DPP v Fountain; Neale v DPP; Smith (Nicholas Paul) v DPP; Dickinson v DPP; DPP v Beech; DPP v Pearman; De Freitas v DPP; DPP v Brodzky; DPP v Coyle; DPP v Meller; DPP v Grundy
 
 
CHAPTER 6: CHALLENGING THE BREATH TESTING AND BREATH ANALYSIS DEVICES
 
Approval of the Device
Bentley v Northumbria Police; Hayward v Eames; Kirkpatrick v Harrigan; Chief Constable of Northumbria v Browne; Young v Flint; Criminal Proceedings Against Lemmens; Richardson v DPP; Kemsley v DPP; Skinner v DPP; Wright (Andrew James) v DPP
 
The Amount Said to Have Been Consumed
Cracknell v Willis; Lafferty v DPP; R v CPS ex p Spurrier; Williams (John Robert) v DPP
Calibration
R v Kingston upon Thames JJ ex p Khanna; Mayon v DPP; DPP v Parkin; DPP v Deveney; DPP v Schon; Dunwoodie v DPP; Derham v DPP; Melia v DPP; Gibson v DPP; Mercer v DPP; Haggis v DPP
 
Data Corruption
R v Ealing JJ ex p Wheeler
 
The Date and Time
Fawcett v Gasparics; Parker v DPP; DPP v McKeown, DPP v Jones (Christopher); DPP v Bateson
 
Mobile Telephones and Radios
Scheiner v DPP
 
Mouth Alcohol
DPP v Browne; DPP v Teixeira; O’Sullivan v DPP
 
Positive Breath Analysis Followed by Negative Screening Test
Snelson v Thompson; Parish v CPS
 
The Printout
Burditt v Roberts; Reid (Sheena) v DPP; DPP v Barber (David Anthony)
 
Variations Between Results
R v Coomaraswamy; Lloyd v Morris; Gordon v Thorpe; Newton v Woods; Maharaj v Solomon; Lodge v Chief Constable of Manchester; R v Vale of Glamorgan JJ ex p Britton; O’Sullivan (Sarah) v DPP
 
 
CHAPTER 7: THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PROPORTION OF ALCOHOL AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENCE WAS NOT LESS THAN IN THE SEPCIMEN
 
The Statutory Assumption
Mitchell v Ariyo; Beauchamp-Thompson v DPP; DPP v Williams; Millard v DPP; DPP v Hill; R v Wells Street JJ ex p Hobbs; Parker (Lee Christopher) v DPP; Griffiths (Richard Stephen) v DPP
 
Consuming Alcohol After Ceasing to Drive
Thynne v Hindle; R v Newcastle upon Tyne JJ ex p Hindle; Dawson v Lunn; Lloyd v Knight; Rynsard v Spalding; Oxford v Fairhurst; DPP v Singh; DPP v Lowden; DPP v Sangha; DPP v Ward (Kevin William); R v Drummond; Lonergan v DPP; DPP v Chambers; DPP v Ellery
 
 
CHAPTER 8; EVIDENCE
 
The Printout
Gaimster v Marlow; Chief Constable of Surrey v Wickens; Walton v Rimmer; Teape v Godfrey; R v Tower Bridge Magistrates’ Court ex p DPP; Hasler v DPP; Leeson v Haringey JJ and DPP; McCormack v DPP; Jubb v DPP
 
Admissibility of the Breath Analysis
Archbold v Jones; Sykes v DPP; Yhnell v DPP; Smith (Dennis Edward) v DPP; McLellan v DPP; Prince v CPS; Hague v DPP; Evans (Cyril) v DPP; Slasor v DPP; Willicott v DPP
 
The Record of the Procedure
Bermudez v Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset; R v Pydar JJ ex p Foster; Williams v DPP
 
The Discretion to Admit or Exclude Evidence: Unfairness
Hammond v Hunter; McGrath v Field; Discombe v DPP; DPP v Godwin; Hudson v DPP; Daniels v DPP; Brown (Kevin Mark) v DPP; Worsley v DPP; McShane v DPP; DPP v Ward (Jack Evan); DPP v MacPhail; O’Connell v DPP; Prouse v DPP; Ortega v DPP; Porceddu v DPP; Harper v DPP; Davis (Karl) v DPP; DPP v Davies; R on the Application of the DPP v Evans (Brychan Gethin John); DPP v Preston; Watson v DPP; DPP v Kennedy; R on the Application of Forde v DPP; DPP v Carless; R on the Application of Marsh (Ian) v DPP
 
Delay and the Right to Defend Oneself
Campbell v DPP; Kennedy v CPS; Myles v DPP; Kirkup v CPS; Whitley v DPP; CPS v Rice; Causey v DPP
 
Mala Fides
Matto v Wolverhampton Crown Court; Thomas (Frank George) v DPP; DPP v Wilson; Ogden v DPP; Sharpe v DPP; Braham v DPP; DPP v Corthine
 
Oral Evidence
Culleton v Palmer; Owen v Chesters; Chief Constable of Kent v Ellis; Mace v Dean; Will v DPP; Thom v DPP; Greenaway v DPP; Van Flute v DPP; Perkins v DPP; Leong v DPP
 
Evidence of Unfitness to Drive
Leetham v DPP; Hurst v DPP
Witness Summonses and Disclosure 369
R v Coventry Magistrates’ Court ex p Perks; R v Skegness Magistrates’ Court ex p Cardy; R v Manchester Crown Court ex p Williams; R v Teesside JJ ex p Payne; R v Kingston-upon-Hull JJ ex p Walton; R v Pirehill North JJ ex p Stoddard;
R v Tower Bridge Magistrates’ Court ex p DPP; Fearnley v DPP; DPP v Wood; DPP v McGillicuddy; R on the Application of Cunliffe v West London Magistrates’ Court, v Ealing Magistrates’ Court, v Hastings Magistrates’ Court
 
Advance Notice of Expert Evidence
Callander v DPP
 
CHAPTER 9: DEFINITIONS
 
“Attempting to Drive”
Elkarib v DPP
 
“Breath”
Zafar v DPP; Woolfe v DPP
 
“Consuming”
DPP v Johnson (David)
 
“Conviction”
DPP v Haddigan
 
“Driving”
R v MacDonagh; Rowan v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police; McKoen v Ellis; Gunnell v DPP; DPP v Alderton
 
“Drug”
Bradford v Wilson; R v Ealing Magistrates’ Court ex p Woodman
 
“In Charge”
DPP v Webb; DPP v Watkins; DPP v Janman; CPS v Bate
“Interview” 399
CPS v O’Shea; DPP v Rous and Davis; R on the Application of Ridehalgh v DPP; Sneyd v DPP
 
“Public Place”
Bowman v DPP; DPP v Vivier; DPP v Coulman; Edwards v DPP; R v Colchester JJ ex p Wood; Robinson v DPP; Taussik v DPP; Planton v DPP; R on the Application of Lewis v DPP
 
“Road”
Lang v Hindhaugh; Brewer v DPP; R on the Application of Dunmill v DPP
 
 
CHAPTER 10: DEFENCES
 
Autrefois Acquit
Broadbent v High; DPP v Porthouse; R v Truro & South Powder JJ ex p McCullagh; Williams (Alan Davies) v DPP
 
Duress/Necessity
DPP v Jones (David Alan); DPP v Bell (Derek); DPP v Davis; DPP v Pittaway; DPP v Rogers; DPP v Tomkinson; DPP v Hicks
 
Insanity
R v Birmingham JJ ex p Jacobs; DPP v Harper
 
No Likelihood of Driving
DPP v Frost; Drake v DPP; Sheldrake v DPP
Premature Disclosure of Defence 431
R v Mid-Sussex Justices ex p Adams
 
CHAPTER 11: SPECIAL REASONS FOR NOT DISQUALIFYING FROM DRIVING
 
The Meaning of “Special”
Whittall v Kirby; R v Jackson; R v Hart; Chatters v Burke
 
Emergencies
Taylor v Rajan; Fraser v Barton; Thompson v Diamond; Williams v Tierney; DPP v Waller; DPP v Sendell; DPP v Feeney; DPP v Knight; DPP v Doyle; DPP v Upchurch; DPP v Bird; DPP v Enston; DPP v Whittle; DPP v Cox; DPP v Craddock; DPP v Bristow; DPP v Tucker; DPP v Goddard; DPP v Ellis; DPP v Ubhi; R on the Application of Khan v DPP
 
Laced Drinks
Pugsley v Hunter; Pridige v Gant; Smith v Geraghty; James v Morgan; DPP v Younas; Smith (Ian Philip) v DPP; R v Cambridge Magistrates’ Court ex p Wong; DPP v O’Connor and Other Cases; Woodward (Mark de Maine) v DPP; DPP v Vincent; DPP v Winfield-Grant; Robinson v DPP; DPP v Sharma
 
Unaware of Being Over the Limit
DPP v O’Meara; DPP v White; Bryant v DPP; DPP v Jowle;DPP v Anderson (Marilyn); DPP v Wynne
 
Personal Circumstances
Bullen v Keay; DPP v Hyland; DPP v Crawford; DPP v Phillips (Richard Charles)
 
Medical Condition
R v Wickins; DPP v Williams (Rhys Aubrey)
The Distance Driven and the Degree of Danger 477
Redmond v Parry; DPP v Thomas (Graham Derek); DPP v Corcoran (Joseph Patrick); DPP v Williams (Shane); Costello v DPP; DPP v Elsender; CPS v Humphries; DPP v Conroy; DPP v Oram
 
Other Arguments
Lodwick v Brow; Vaughan v Dunn; Bolliston v Gibbons;McCormick v Hitchins; Jane v DPP; DPP v Kinnersley; DPP v Daley (No 2); DPP v Murray (David John)
 
Exercising the Discretion Not to Disqualify/Endorse
R v Ashford and Tenterden Magistrates’ Court ex p Wood; Mayhew v DPP; DPP v Barker; Donahue v DPP; Lane v DPP; Dixon-Watmough v Preston Justices; R v St Alban’s Crown Court ex p O’Donovan
 
 
CHAPTER 12: DISQUALIFCATION FROM DRIVING
 
Discretionary or Obligatory Disqualification
George v DPP; R v Loughborough JJ ex p Smith (Steven); Shaw v DPP and Other Cases; Crampsie v DPP; R on the Application of Cawley v Warrington Crown Court
 
Endorsement of Licence when Disqualifying
Martin (Ross) v DPP
 
Exercising the Discretion to Disqualify
Tucker v DPP
 
CHAPTER 13: OTHER ISSUES
 
Adjournment
Essen v DPP
 
The Case Stated
R v City of London JJ ex p Ocansey; R v Warrington JJ ex p Worsley; R v Cheshire JJ ex p Henshaw; R v Fylde and Wyre JJ ex p Gornall
 
Certiorari
R v Dolgellau JJ ex p Cartledge; R v Penrith JJ ex p Marks
 
Charges
Thomson v Knights; Jones v Thomas (John Barrie); DPP v Gane; R v Chichester Magistrates’ Court ex p DPP; Butterworth v DPP; R v Bolton JJ, ex p Khan (Zafer Alli); R v Phipps
Delay
R v Bishop’s Stortford JJ ex p DPP; Walden v Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court; Stern v Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court; Murphy (Gerard) v DPP
 
Equivocal Plea
Ankrah v DPP
 
Proof of Driving
Patterson v Charlton; DPP v Williams (Charles Anthony); Procurator Fiscal, Dunfermline and Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scotland v Brown; DPP v Lloyd (David Michael); Huntley v DPP; Jones (Vivian Mary) v DPP
 
Legal Aid
R v Richmond Magistrates’ Court ex p Gawel; R v Slough Magistrates’ Court ex p Noble; R v Cheshire JJ ex p Rolt; R on the Application of Matara v Brent Magistrates’ Court
 
The Magistrates
Owen v Jones; R v Downham Market Magistrates’ Court ex p Nudd; DPP v Quinn; R v Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court ex p Tann; Huchard v DPP; R v Newcastle upon Tyne Magistrates’ Court ex p Currie; R v Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court ex p Hammond
 
Re-opening the Case
MacDonald v Skelt; R v Aylesbury Crown Court ex p Lait; Jolly (Christopher) v DPP; R v Cook ex p DPP; Steward v DPP; Khatibi v DPP
 
Reckless Driving
Hand v DPP
 
Stay of Proceedings
DPP v Garrety; Hoar-Stevens v Richmond Magistrates’ Court; Christopher Boucher, Interested Party; DPP v Meakin; Ivic v DPP
 
Whether Crown Court Bound by Acquittal by Magistrates
Macphail v DPP
 
Appendix: Road Traffic Act 1988, sections 3A to 11; Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, ss 15, 16 and 34; Schedule 2 (part)
 
Index
 
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Drink Drive Case Notes was first published as a product of collaboration between Lion Laboratories ­ the manufacturers of much of the breath-testing equipment used in the UK and throughout the world ­ and the publisher. The compiler, Pauline M Callow, LL.M, has many years’ experience of researching and editing legal materials and has had a special interest in the drink drive cases for some years; she is also co-author of Blackstone’s Handbook for Magistrates. This expanded and updated edition of Drink Drive Case Notes will prove a useful reference for police, prosecutors, defenders and legal advisers.

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