Grady v Pollard

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1988
CourtDivisional Court
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5 cases
  • Smith (Nicholas) v DPP (Note)
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • DPP v Pearman
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • 23 March 1992
    ...evidence. His Lordship was unwilling to accept the proposition in those absolute terms. Lord Justice Glidewell in Grady v PollardUNK ([1988] RTR 316, 323) had said: "Such evidence will normally be the evidence of a medical practitioner, but it need not be, and one can envisage situations in......
  • DPP v Falzarano
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
  • DPP v Ian William Simpson
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 18 January 2000
    ...medical ground for his failure to provide a specimen then this should be supported by evidence preferably from a doctor — Grady v Pollard 1988 RTR 316." 4 The Justices found that Mr Simpson was truthful in his evidence to the court. They considered his evidence in great detail, as one posit......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Drink and Drug Drive Case Notes Preliminary Sections
    • 29 August 2015
    ...AC 646, [1993] 2 WLR 883, [1993] 2 All ER 724, HL! 579 ............................................................ Grady v Pollard [1988] RTR 316, DC! 244 , 252 .................................................................... Graham v Albert [1985] RTR 352, DC! 20 ...........................
  • Reasonable Excuse
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Drink and Drug Drive Case Notes Contents
    • 29 August 2015
    ...5: REASONABLE EXCUSE 4. “Trying Hard” See also DPP v Coyle, page 256 – “doing one’s best” is not a reasonable excuse. Grady v Pollard [1988] RTR 316, 3 February 1988, QBD (DC) Evidence that the defendant had tried as hard as he could, unsuccessfully, to provide a breath specimen was not of ......

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