R v Collins (Lezlie)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | LORD JUSTICE KENNEDY,MR JUSTICE BLOFELD |
| Judgment Date | 07 March 1997 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1997] EWCA Crim J0307-4 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Docket Number | No: 9701157 W2 |
| Date | 07 March 1997 |
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5 cases
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R (Christopher Stace) v Milton Keynes Magistrates Court
...the Road Traffic Act. For that, we were referred to various decisions, in both the civil and criminal jurisdictions in particular see R v Lezlie Collins [1997] RTR 439. 16 The Crown argue that a competent and careful driver will not exceed the relevant speed limits, at least not materially ......
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Milton v DPP
...be relevant to sentence). 8 The district judge emphasized that the test he must apply was wholly objective by reference to the case of R v Collins (Lezlie) [1997] RTR 439 in which the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) had stressed that the test for dangerous driving under Section 2A(1) wa......
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Hksar v Chan Yau
...driver that driving in that way would be dangerous.” 8. The test of dangerous driving is an objective one : see R. v. Collins (Lezlie) (1997) RTR 439 CA. Whether the offender intents to transgress or not is irrelevant to any assessment as to whether his driving was 9. The magistrate applied......
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Hksar v Li Chau Wing
...provisions of section 36(4) of the Ordinance is objectively determined by the nature of the driving itself : see R. v. Collins (Lezlie) (1997) RTR 439 62. The contents of any licensing test undertaken by or educational information provided to a driver would, usually, in the course of consid......
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Court of Appeal
...to the present case that the objectivenature of the test has been reinforced on a number of occasions. In R vCollins (Lezlie) [1997] RTR 439 a police officer’s mistaken belief that aroad was safe due to the actions of his colleagues was not held to be arelevant factor when considering the ......