"this book is extremely useful when defending or prosecuting cases involving drink or drug driving.” Law Society Gazette (from review of 3rd edition).
Many thousands of people are prosecuted each year for drink and drug driving offences. The legislation favours the prosecution in several ways, for example, by requiring those under investigation to give evidence against themselves in the form of specimens of breath, blood, or urine, but also affords certain safeguards to suspects. The conviction rate is exceptionally high, and the provisions have given rise to a wealth of case law.
Drink- and Drug-Drive Case Notes comprises summaries of the many cases on drink driving, and the fewer cases on drug driving, which have come before the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and, in one instance, the Supreme Court.
Over six hundred judgments are summarised. Each note is presented as a short statement of the facts of the case, the question(s) put to the appeal court and an extract from the judgment. The notes are intended to provide a broad outline of the trends in the case law and as starting points for readers seeking guidance on particular issues.
This fourth edition includes notes of cases decided since the third edition was published.
