The court was asked whether the Justices were entitled in law to find on the facts that land immediately behind a safety barrier was a public road for the purposes of the 1994 Act. On the footing that it was, the Justices convicted the appellant of keeping an unlicensed mechanically propelled vehicle on a public … Continue reading Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd v Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Admn 20 Oct 2009
Limitation of Loss from Negligent Mis-statement The plaintiffs sought damages from accountants for negligence. They had acquired shares in a target company and, relying upon the published and audited accounts which overstated the company’s earnings, they purchased further shares. Held: The duties of an auditor are founded in contract and the extent of the duties … Continue reading Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman and others: HL 8 Feb 1990
Power to disclose information which may lead to the identification of the registered keeper of a registered motor vehicle on the register maintained by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) under the provisions of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994. The Regulation lists a number of persons to whom such disclosures may be … Continue reading Duff, Regina (on The Application of) v The College of The Holy and Undivided Trinity Within The Town and University of Cambridge of King Henry VIII’s Foundation and Others: Admn 12 Jun 2015
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The bankrupt had been entitled to a valuable vehicle registration mark ‘AMR 1T’. He sold it to a creditor, the claimant to clear that debt. The trustee now said that the purported assignment was ineffective. Held: ‘VRMs are assigned to vehicles, not to registered owners or other individuals. The Secretary of State has power to … Continue reading Goel v Pick: ChD 12 Apr 2006
The two claimants sought title to a car registration plate and to a chassis number. They were to be applied to historic racing cars. Held: The power to assign registration marks lay with the Secretary of State. Any legal rights rested not with a car but with a legal person, which a car is not. … Continue reading Lloyd v Svenby: QBD 27 Feb 2006
The claimants were car auctioneers. They had been instructed to sell a car, but to withhold the cherished number plate. By mistake it was transferred with the car. Before the plate could be returned, the defendant had transferred it to his partner. Held: The fact that it had been disposed of under circumstances where the … Continue reading R McDonald v Coys of Kensington Ltd: CA 5 Feb 2004
Was the vehicle a goods vehicle? . .
Exemption from need for excise licence when car on way to MOT test continued to apply even though the car was parked on way. It was a question of fact and degree. . .
