Drug Driving in UK Law

  • R v Lambert
    • House of Lords
    • 05 Julio 2001
    ...... April 1999 the appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled drug, cocaine, with intent to supply, contrary to section 5 of the Misuse of ... The prosecution proved that the appellant was driving a van in the back of which there was a case with a plastic bag containing ......
  • Warner v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; R v Warner
    • House of Lords
    • 02 Mayo 1968
    ...... ordinary member of the public guilty of a very serious offence if a drug within the meaning of the Act is "in his actual custody". Any person may, ... that on the morning of the 18th November, 1966, the Appellant was driving a mini-van. He was stopped by a Police officer. The Police officer ......
  • R v Paul Maurice Needham and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 28 Abril 2016
    ...... legislation is to avoid offenders to have been disqualified from driving and to have had a custodial sentence imposed at the same time, serving all ...For two offences of possession of a class A drug with intent to supply he was sentenced to 3 years' detention in a young ......
  • R v Petherick (Rosie Lee)
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 03 Octubre 2012
    ...... which was imposed for the offences of causing death by dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol in a case in which she had entered prompt ... Assault Guideline, taking effect on 13 June 2011, and again in the Drug Offences Guideline, taking effect on 29 February 2012, among other ......
  • R v Majewski
    • House of Lords
    • 13 Abril 1976
    ...... called for the defence, said that the appellant had been treated for drug addiction since November 1971. There was no history in his case of ... reduced to common assault, and stealing a motor car to taking and driving it away without the owner's consent. . 48 On the ......
  • Ali v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Supreme Court
    • 16 Noviembre 2016
    ......In the meantime he had begun to address his drug taking. . 55 He was released from custody in ...In April 2014 he pleaded guilty to a count of driving while uninsured and with excessive alcohol in his system. He was fined and ......
  • R v Hasan (Aytach)
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Marzo 2005
    ...... had, the defendant said, the reputation of being a violent man and a drug dealer. . 4 The prosecution alleged that on 29 ... App R 270 a defendant had been stopped by police officers whilst driving a car which contained property stolen in burglaries. The question arose ......
  • Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and another
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Junio 2009
    ...... British Columbia v Zastowny [2008] 1 SCR 27 the plaintiff was a drug addict and petty criminal who had spent most of his life in prison for ...Mr Gray, who had been drinking, was driving along Calcutta Road in Tilbury when a Mr Boultwood, who was drunk, ......
  • Littlefield, Aranguren and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 20 Junio 1994
    ...... 3 The leading case which laid down sentencing guidelines for drug offences was Aramah 1982 4 Cr App R(S) 407 . There, this Court suggested ..., 2 years imprisonment concurrent; and on count 5, for reckless driving, 12 months imprisonment consecutive with a disqualification from driving ......
  • Sweet v Parsley
    • House of Lords
    • 23 Enero 1969
    ......And unfortunately drug taking is by no means confined to those of unusual appearance. . . ......
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