Judges: Lord Justice Keene And Mr Justice Ouseley Citations: [2001] EWHC 1114 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Road Traffic Act 1988 172(3) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 23 October 2022; Ref: scu.432772
The claimant sought judicial review of a dismissal of his appeal against conviction for failing to provide information as to the identity of a driver. The appeal court had found that he had not received the notices requiring him to provide the information, and he said that the court had refused to listen to evidence … Continue reading Purnell, Regina (on The Application of) v Snaresbrook Crown Court: Admn 30 Mar 2011
The defendant sought judicial review of the refusal by the magistrates to state a case. He was convicted for failing to identify the driver of a motor cycle of which he was a registered keeper which had been caught by a speed camera. Either of two riders might have been using it. Held: Having failed … Continue reading Flegg v Justices of the Peace for the New Forest Local Justice Area Sitting at Lyndhurst: Admn 21 Feb 2006
The defendant appealed against his conviction for having failed to identify the driver of a car caught speeding by a camera. He was the registered keeper. He completed and returned the form, but did not sign it. The statute imposed no explicit obligation to sign it. He also said that since he was already suspected … Continue reading Francis v Director of Public Prosecutions: QBD 23 Mar 2004
The defendant appealed by case stated against conviction under section 172 of failing to provide appropriate driver details. The notices had been received at his address, but he had been unaware of them. He was at the time working regularly in the far East for week at a time. Held: The reference to due diligence … Continue reading Whiteside v The Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 21 Dec 2011
Mr Justice Julian Knowles [2020] EWHC 2646 (Admin) Bailii Road Traffic Act 1988 172(3) England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 15 January 2022; Ref: scu.654990
Appeal against conviction for failing as the owner of a car to supply information as to the identity of the driver on a particular occasion. Laws LJ, Wilkie J [2013] EWHC 2039 (Admin) Bailii Road Traffic Act 1988 172(3) England and Wales Road Traffic Updated: 25 November 2021; Ref: scu.517468
Magistrates to identify reasons for finding guilt The defendant appealed agains his conviction under section 172 of the 1988 Act. He had been abroad when his car attracted the speeding fine, but had been unable to identify which iof the several people who might have driven it, had done so. Held: The decision of the … Continue reading Weightman v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 6 Mar 2007
The extent of the obligation on those who receive a requirement to provide information to the police as to the identity of the driver of the vehicle of which they are the registered keeper when that vehicle has been caught on camera either speeding . .
The defendants had been required to provide information leading to the identification of the driver. In one case the defendant was the registered keepr, and in the second not. Held: the obligations differed according to whether it was addressed to the registered keeper. In the one case to gave the information, and under the second, … Continue reading Mohindra v Director of Public Prosecutions; Browne v The Chief Constable Of Greater Manchester: Admn 15 Mar 2004