Thompson v Spedding

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1973
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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13 cases
  • Mansur Haider v DSM Demolition Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 16 October 2019
    ...is to drive at such a distance behind the car in front as to be prepared for reasonable emergencies which may arise: Thompson v Spedding [1973] RTR 312, 314. In Brown and Lynn v Western Scottish Motor Traction Co Limited: [1945] SC 31, 35, Lord Cooper said: “The distance which should separa......
  • Michael Hasted v Calvin Costello & Others
    • British Virgin Islands
    • High Court (British Virgin Islands)
    • 17 May 2011
    ...and others v Deodat Ramnath (1997) 56 WIR 183.4 13 Learned Counsel for the defendants, Mr. Thompson submits thatThompson v Spedding [1973] RTR 3125 is authority for a finding of negligence where a claimant drives in such a manner as to collide with another vehicle, even if his negligence is......
  • Mano v Dwarika
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 24 March 1996
    ...to pull up in time, should that other vehicle come to a sudden halt, he may be found liable in negligence.” 24 Thompson v. Spedding (1973) R.T.R. 312 . 25 I am aware that in this case both drivers were held equally to blame. 26 I hold that the opposite truck was travelling in the centre of ......
  • Supersad v Ragoonanan
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 25 October 1990
    ...to pull up in time, should that other vehicle come to a sudden halt, he may be found liable in negligence.” 96 Thompson v. Spedding 1973 R.T.R. 312 . HIGHWAY CODE 97 Defence attorney referred the court to the Highway Code. Section 111(4) pf the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act Chapter 48......
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