DPP v Watkins
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1989 |
| Year | 1989 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) |
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19 cases
- Drake v DPP
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Crown Prosecution Service v John Bate
...1375, footnote 5, of Stone's Justices' Manual 2004. The footnote was a summary and paraphrase of guidance given by this court in DPP v Watkins [1989] QB 821 at page 831, considering Section 6 of the Road Traffic Act 1972, the predecessor of section 5 of the 1988 Act. 7 It is instructive, I ......
- Sheldrake v DPP
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Gordon Orrock V. Procurator Fiscal, Perth
...been made a criminal offence to be in charge of a car in that condition. Taylor LJ was right in Director of Public Prosecutions v Watkins [1989] QB 821 at p.829) that 'the mischief aimed at is to prevent driving when unfit through drink.'" [21] Section 5(2) however provides a defence to an ......
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2 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...p Henshaw ...................................................................................... ! [1996] COD 346, DC! 549 Watkins, DPP v [1989] QB 821, [1989] 2 WLR 966, [1989] 1 All ER 1126, .............................................................................. ! [1989] RTR 324, D......
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...of reasonable excuse …” Appeal in respect of the s 5(2) offence dismissed; appeal in respect of the s 8(7) offence allowed. DPP v Watkins [1989] QB 821, [1989] 2 WLR 966, [1989] 1 All ER 1126, [1989] RTR 324, 1 March 1989, QBD (DC) Where a person is not the owner, lawful possessor or recent......