“A teenage driver who ploughed into a woman in Reading moments after receiving a text message has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 11th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
from the Inner Temple Library
“A teenage driver who ploughed into a woman in Reading moments after receiving a text message has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 11th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A registered blind man from Suffolk, who stole a car which was involved in crash which left a woman dead, has been sentenced to 12 years custody.”
BBC News, 31st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A lorry driver who killed a workman has been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Motorists who are marginally over the limit are to lose the right to demand a blood test under the biggest changes to drink-drive law in over 40 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency will appeal against a tribunal ruling preventing the deportation of a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run driving incident, Immigration Minister Damian Green said today.”
The Independent, 17th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who caused the death of a doorman who died six years after being hit by a car has been spared a second jail term.”
BBC News, 16th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A failed asylum-seeker who left a 12-year-old girl dying under the wheels of his car while banned from driving will be allowed to remain in the UK, judges ruled today.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A police officer has been cleared of causing the death by dangerous driving of a mother-of-three in Kent.”
BBC News, 14th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A lorry driver who crushed a cyclist while chatting on his mobile phone with ‘the most godawful hangover’ was today jailed for seven years and disqualified from driving for life.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenage driver who killed three friends when he crashed into a lamp post has been jailed for three-and-a-half years at St Albans Crown Court.”
BBC News, 5th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver who lost control of his speeding car and killed a 17-year-old pedestrian has had his jail term cut by three years by the Appeal Court.”
BBC News, 28th October 2010
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“A man who had never passed a driving test has been jailed for seven years for killing two friends and injuring another in a crash.”
BBC News, 14th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drink-driver who caused a fatal crash at speeds of more than 100mph on the M4 in Berkshire has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 1st October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who caused a crash that killed an Oxfordshire man, then drove from the scene and later lied to police, has begun a five-year jail term.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
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“A driver who hit a cyclist leaving him dying in a Buckinghamshire road has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source; www.bbc.co.uk
“Matthew Kelliher, 31, believed he had special powers and that his vehicle, which he likened to a space craft from the television show Star Trek, was capable of travelling at 6,000 miles per hour.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A driver who killed two passengers in a crash in Nottinghamshire has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 14th July 2010
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“A driver who was distracted by a spider ended up killing a cyclist and badly injuring another when she took her eyes off the road to throw the creature out.”
BBC News, 24th June 2010
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“A driver who caused the death of two people after falling asleep at the wheel of her car has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 17th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A government-commissioned report has called for Britain’s drink driving laws to be toughened to a level that would mean some people would be over the legal limit after one drink.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 90-year-old war veteran caught speeding in a car for the disabled must serve a six-month ban, the High Court has ruled.”
The Independent, 11th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Dr Claire Nelson said she was ‘deeply remorseful’ after being placed on probation for 18 months and banned from driving for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pete Doherty was given a 12-month driving ban and fined £500 today after he admitted allowing his manager to use his Daimler without insurance.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A drink-driver who killed two pedestrians and left a 12-year-old girl brain damaged after his car mounted a pavement was jailed for 10 years today.”
The Independent, 29th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who was over the drink-drive limit when she lost control of a Jaguar and killed a young couple has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 20th January 2010
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“A man, 44, who drove six miles the wrong way along a dual carriageway has been jailed for eight months and banned from driving for three years.”
BBC News, 19th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A lorry driver who hit a line of queuing traffic on the M40 in Buckinghamshire, killing a mother-of-two, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A carjacker who ran over a mother-of-four in her own car, dragging her nearly 65ft down the road and almost killing her, was jailed indefinitely for public protection .”
The Guardian, 11th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who knocked over and killed a 15-year-old boy as he sped through a city centre in a Mercedes has been jailed for almost five years.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A motorist who was drunk when she hit and killed a 15-month-old boy in his pushchair has lost her appeal against her seven-year sentence.”
BBC News, 4th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two cousins from Essex who were passengers in a car which hit and killed a teenager in Cyprus have lost a High Court bid to avoid extradition.”
BBC News, 25th November 2009
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“A speeding biker who killed a 71-year-old woman out walking her neighbour’s dog has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 4th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A partially sighted lorry driver who ran over and killed a colleague after cheating an eye test to obtain a large goods vehicle licence has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former policeman was jailed for six and a half years after killing a grandmother during a 100mph ‘hair-raising joyride’.”
The Independent, 27th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A fraudster who staged almost 100 car accidents and used the insurance payouts to fund a glamorous lifestyle was jailed yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Championship footballer who killed a father of five in a crash on Christmas Day was starting a 32-month jail sentence today.”
The Independent, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A disqualified driver who killed two women in Ipswich by driving into them while he was drunk and on drugs has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 11th September 2009
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“A businessman who admitted driving into a cyclist and leaving him for dead has been jailed for seven and a half years.”
BBC News, 7th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Crown Court judge has urged the Government to increase the maximum sentences for serious motoring offences and violent crimes.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judge has called for a review of ‘lenient’ dangerous driving laws after a drink-driver who reached speeds of 132mph during a police chase was jailed for just 15 months.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A drunk mother who killed her fiance by running him over with her car outside a pub was jailed for three years today.”
The Independent, 12th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman has said she is ‘disgusted’ by a three year jail term handed to the hit-and-run driver who killed her daughter in Lancashire.”
BBC News, 11th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Postman Darren Blight was jailed on Friday for mowing down and killing Susan Peters, a magistrate’s wife, while driving at twice the speed limit with traces of cannabis in his system.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed over the death of a grandfather who was hit by a car which failed to stop.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Bannister [2009] EWCA Crim 1571; [2009] WLR (D) 264
“A driver’s special skill, or lack of skill, was an irrelevant circumstance when considering whether his driving was dangerous.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The ‘special skill’ of a police driver is ‘an irrelevant circumstance’ when considering whether driving is dangerous, three judges have ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A driver who tried to kill himself by crashing his car into the front of a department store has been jailed.”
BBC News, 24th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who ran over his own friend and left him dying in the road was jailed for more than five years today.”
The Independent, 16th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A 24-year-old motorist who killed three teenagers – one of whom was pregnant – and paralysed a fourth when he crashed at speed has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 29th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drunk woman who drove almost half a mile along railway tracks before her car broke down has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 11th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A speeding motorcyclist who unwittingly filmed a fellow biker’s death crash with a camera strapped to his petrol tank, walked free from court today with a ban.”
The Independent, 11th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A driver has been jailed for killing a cyclist while over the drink-drive limit and under the influence of drugs.”
BBC News, 8th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver has been jailed for causing the death of a friend he had been towing on a bicycle.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former embassy official who fatally injured a cyclist in a hit-and-run crash and then attempted to cover her tracks by selling her car in parts on eBay was today sentenced to 10 years in jail.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Curtis (Attorney General’s Reference No 17 of 2009)
Court of Appeal
“It was always dangerous to use a mobile phone while driving and there was never any excuse for doing so.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk