Spalding v Laskaraina Paine

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1985
Year1985
CourtDivisional Court
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3 cases
  • Smith (Nicholas) v DPP (Note)
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • R v Wood Green Crown Court and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • May 15, 1995
    ...liable to prosecution". 15 That requirement is clearly mandatory. Additionly, reliance was placed upon the decision in Spalding-v- Paine 1985 Crim LR 673, which holds that for the warning to be effective it must have been understood by the defendant. 16 What then was the answer to that poin......
  • DPP v Behan
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • March 3, 2003
    ...a decision referred to in Robert Pierse, Road Traffic Law,2nd. Ed. at p.396 of the second edition. He confirmed thatSpalding v. Paine [1985] Crim. L.R. 673 was a decision of the High Court Queens Bench Division Court. He set out the facts of that case and confirmed that in that case the res......
2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Drink and Drug Drive Case Notes Preliminary Sections
    • August 29, 2015
    ...JJ, R v, ex p Keymer, unreported, CO 2813/93, DC! 22 ............................................................ Spalding v Paine [1985] Crim LR 673, DC! 249 .................................................................. Sparrow v Bradley [1985] RTR 122, DC! 96 ..............................
  • Reasonable Excuse
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Drink and Drug Drive Case Notes Contents
    • August 29, 2015
    ...no evidence to suggest that the defendant was physically unable to provide the necessary sample …”. Appeal dismissed. Spalding v Paine [1985] Crim LR 673, 13 May 1985, QBD (DC) Inability to understand the requirement, caused by emotional distress, is capable of constituting a reasonable exc......

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