Montgomery v Loney

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Judgment Date01 January 1959
Date01 January 1959
CourtCourt of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
Montgomery
and
Loney
(C.A.)

"Road or public place" - Forecourt of filling station - Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland), 1955, ss. 39, 75.

By section 39 (1) of the Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1955, "Every person who . . . is in charge of, a motor vehicle on any road or other public place, while he is under the influence of drink . . . to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle, shall be guilty of an offence . . ." By section 75 of the same Act "road" is defined as including "a...

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  • DPP v Vivier
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • DPP v Molloy
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1994
    ...signification must depend on their context and the purpose for which they are used. Dicta of MacDermott L.C.J. in Montgomery v. Loney [1959] N.I. 171 approved. Cases mentioned in this report:— Montgomery v. Loney [1959] N.I. 171. Sandy v. Martin [1974] Crown L.R. 258; [1974] R.T.R. 262. Sta......
  • Planton v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 6 June 2001
    ...General in Harrison v Hill. Simon Brown LJ also referred to the judgment of Lord MacDermott in the Northern Ireland case of Montgomery v Loney [1959] NI 171, a judgment in which, with respect, I find a most helpful analysis of the present issue. Lord MacDermott stated at page 177: "The invi......
  • Min for Justice v Makuch
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 10 May 2013
    ...COMMUNITIES (VEHICLE TESTING) REGS SI 356/1991 ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING OF TRAILERS & SEMI-TRAILERS) REGS SI 35/1982 MONTGOMERY v LONEY 1959 NI 171 ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1955 S39(1) HARRISON v HILL 1932 JC 13 ELKINS v CARTLEDGE 1947 1 AER 829 DPP v YAMANOHA 1994 IR 565 R v BASSETT 2009 1 WLR 103......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Divisional Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 56-1, February 1992
    • 1 February 1992
    ...Act 1988, itmust be proved that the defendant drove on a road to which the publichad access orotherpublic place. In Montgomery v Loney [1959] NI 171,Lord MacDermott CJ stated that the question whether a place is a publicplace within the section is one in which 'generally the decision will b......