The court prescribed four requirements for a special reason: namely, it must be a mitigating or extenuating circumstance; it must not in law amount to a defence; it must be directly connected with the commission of the offence; and the matter must be one which the court ought properly to take into consideration when imposing punishment. The divisional court this court should be slow to interfere with a Justices’ decision in this area, where they have properly directed themselves as to the law and taken proper considerations into account.
Judges:
Devlin J
Citations:
[1958] 42 Cr App R 236
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Director of Public Prosecutions v Conroy Admn 23-Jun-2003
The DPP appealed a finding of special reasons for not disqualifying the defendant after finding him guilty of driving with excess alcohol. He had been stopped driving at excess speed, he had driven over a mile and had a further two hundred yards to . .
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Road Traffic
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.187501