R v Woodward (Terence)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 December 1994
Date01 December 1994
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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19 cases
  • Leetham v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • R v Marison
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 8 July 1996
    ...and that the facts in this case could amount to dangerous driving. In R v Woodward (Terence)TLRWLR (The Times December 7, 1994; [1995] 1 WLR 375) a case of self-induced intoxication, Lord Taylor of Gosforth, Lord Chief Justice, said that it would be strange if Parliament intended to make dr......
  • R v Ash
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • Invalid date
  • R (Christopher Stace) v Milton Keynes Magistrates Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 12 May 2006
    ...not be aware of, is the fact that the accused had consumed a large quantity of alcohol. For that proposition he relied on R v Woodward [1995] RTR 130 at 136L-137E. 26 Relying on Woodward, Mr McGuiness argued, therefore, in relation to Question 1, that the respondent's driving skills were a ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • What Are The Legal Implications For Careless Driving?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 24 March 2020
    ...vehicle, not the driver. One now asks, well what about a driver who has consumed a large amount of alcohol or drugs? In R v Woodward [1995] 2 Cr.App.R. 388, the Court of Appeal held that evidence that the defendant had consumed alcohol before driving was admissible in respect of the issue a......
1 books & journal articles
  • Court of Appeal
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 74-1, February 2010
    • 1 February 2010
    ...under s. 2A wasconsidered by the court in the present case with reference to the decisionof the Court of Appeal in R v Woodward [1995] 2 Cr App R 388 in whichit was decided that a driver who rendered himself drunk by virtue ofingesting a large amount of alcohol had, in effect, rendered hims......

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