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25 Apr 2022 14:13
Olly Jarvis secures acquittal in harrowing death by careless driving trial at Leeds Crown CourtApril 14, 2022 Olly Jarvis from Exchange Chambers has secured an acquittal for his client in a harrowing careless driving trial at Leeds Crown Court. The three-year long criminal proceedings ended dramatically today with a not guilty verdict from the jury. It was alleged that the defendant, a friend more...
2 Jun 2021 14:58
R V REBECCA LATHAMRichard Orme defended a police officer who was charged with careless driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. PC Latham had crashed into a car and a tree while driving a police van. Her colleague had sustained a broken kneecap in the collision. They were responding to a “potentially more...
2 Jun 2021 14:57
R V KANE JORDANDavid James defended Kane Jordan who has received a suspended sentence for Causing Death by Careless Driving. The sentence follows a five-day trial at which Mr Jordan was acquitted of the more serious offence of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving and also an offence of Causing Death by Driving more...
A new High Court Ruling has clarified the offence of mobile phone use whilst driving
A Shock for the Police An appeal heard last summer has clarified the law in a way which to some will seem surprising (including the Crown Prosecution Service and the Police apparently!) The law prohibits the use of a handheld phone whilst driving. However, up until now the police and CPS were more...
Single Justice Procedure Notices (as used for motoring offences)
The Single Justice Procedure This relates to Notices sent by post under a relatively new kind of Magistrates’ Court procedure. It is only used in relation to non-imprisonable offences such as speeding, failing to provide the driver’s details, driving without due care and attention, driving without more...
All you need to know about Penalty Points Disqualifications
What is a Penalty Points Disqualification? The penalties for committing motoring offences commonly include the power to disqualify from driving. However, it is more usual, unless an offence is regarded as particularly serious, for the court to consider the endorsement of penalty points and a fine more...
7 Nov 2019 10:31
Sarah Barlow secures acquittal for police officerA police officer represented by Sarah Barlow from Exchange Chambers, instructed by Jacqui Boothman of Precedence Law, has been acquitted of careless driving at Bradford Magistrates Court. The Officer was on duty at the time of the incident and driving an Armed Response Vehicle on an emergency call. more...
5 Nov 2019 16:06
Haider v DSM Demolition LTD [2019] EWHC 2712 (QB)William Poole successfully defended a client at the High Court in a rear end shunt claim. This appeal and cross appeal was about a road traffic accident that the Defendant alleged had been staged. Ultimately, the Defendant succeeded in demonstrating that the Claimant had presented a claim that was more...
6 Jun 2019 13:24
Adam Feest QC leading Gemma White secure Manslaughter conviction in hit and runOn 3rd June at Bristol Crown Court Dario Carboni changed his plea to guilty in respect of the manslaughter of pensioner Kenneth Kiley in July last year. This plea came at the close of the Prosecution case following complicated pre-trial legal argument and 10 days of evidence. Despite denying being more...
5 Jun 2019 14:06
Court of Appeal holds MIB liable for accident on private land – Philip Moser QC acts for successful respondentMotor Insurers’ Bureau v Lewis [2019] EWCA Civ 909 Court of Appeal (Henderson LJ, Flaux LJ and Sir Stephen Richards); 5th June 2019 The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (“MIB”) appealed against the decision of Soole J that the EU Motor Insurance Directive (Directive 2009/103/EC) had direct effect against the more...
4 Jun 2019 15:03
David Toal secures acquittal in death by careless driving trialDavid Toal from Exchange Chambers has secured an acquittal for a bus driver charged with causing death by careless driving. James Brown, 46, was driving the number 12 bus through Middlesbrough when two passengers, Maureen Watson and Dorothy McLaren, boarded a stop on January 9 last year. Before Mrs more...
20 May 2019 14:03
Suspended sentence for bus driver who fell asleep at wheelDavid James defended a bus driver who fell asleep at the wheel and collided with six other vehicles. Jonathan Hastings received nine months in prison, suspended for fifteen months, at Manchester Crown Court, after pleading guilty to one count of dangerous driving. Judge Suzanne Goddard QC also more...
6 Mar 2019 10:12
3PB Personal Injury barrister Henrietta Hughes analyses the Supreme Court’s decision in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 6In her latest case summary, Henrietta Hughes provides an analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 6. Click here to view her analysis. more...
7 Feb 2019 13:37
Automated vehicles - who is liable for an accident?What would happen if you were involved in a car accident and it wasn’t you driving, but the vehicle itself? In November 2017 the Chancellor promised to have fully driverless cars in use by 2021. All drivers have a duty to other road users under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to drive with due care and more...
4 Feb 2019 11:30
Oliver Jarvis acts in death by careless driving trialOliver Jarvis from Exchange Chambers has acted for a driver who ran over the mother of Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman in a death by careless driving trial at Mold Crown Court. Liam Rosney, 33, pleaded guilty in December to causing the death by careless driving of Carol Boardman, just before his more...
13 Nov 2018 16:52
David Knifton QC secures £3.9m settlement for motorcyclistAt a settlement meeting held at the end of last month, David Knifton QCnegotiated an award of £3.9m for a motorcyclist who suffered life-threatening injuries when he was involved in a collision with an oncoming car, which was overtaking other vehicles on the wrong side of the road. The closing speed more...
29 Oct 2018 12:13
R v Anna EdwardsDavid James represented a young driver acquitted after trial of causing the death of a pedestrian by careless driving. It was alleged the defendant was paying insufficient attention while using a mobile telephone and had driven into a pedestrian who had fallen into the road, before driving away from more...
23 Oct 2018 13:34
Dangerous driver who bragged about speeding at 146mph jailed for killing studentHarpreet Sandhu prosecuted a dangerous driver jailed for killing a student by hitting her in his car while travelling at twice the speed limit. Abdul Sujac, 22, from Stratford, was jailed for six years and three months after admitting causing the death of 19-year-old Laura Ann Keyes by dangerous more...
18 Oct 2018 13:01
Cyclists and the highway code reviewIn light of the government announcing a review of the highway code in an attempt to reduce road casualties, we wanted to highlight an article written last year by Rob Dempsey discussing the 'dutch reach' practice. Recent figures from the government show that from 2011-2015, eight cyclists have died more...
18 Oct 2018 11:34
Jason MacAdam secures acquittal in causing serious injury by dangerous driving trialJason MacAdam from Exchange Chambers has secured an acquittal for his client in a causing serious injury by dangerous driving trial. Pensioner Anthony Lonton, 78, was found not guilty of causing serious injury to two women by dangerous driving following a Lakes road horror smash. A jury at Carlisle more...
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