Publisher's Synopsis
For this edition many of the chapters have been expanded or completely rewritten to take on board the changes made by the Road Traffic Act 1991. All substantial amendments to existing legislation are fully documented.;The many expanded and rewritten chapters bring the reader up-to-date with important legal developments up to the first half of 1993.;Its coverage includes: radical amendments of the law relating to driving licences and the introduction of a unified licensing system; decisions on procedure and evidence eg DPP v Corcoran and Shaw v DPP (duplicity), DPP v Wilson (evidence illegally obtained); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (as amended in 1993) as regards sentencing, treatment of young offenders and competency of young children as witnesses; latest cases on aspects of drink/driving eg DPP v Eddowes (failure to provide specimen), DPP v Bell (defence of duress); 1990-93 amendments to the Construction and Use Regulations; harminization of seat belt regulations; definitive exposition of fixed penalties including the conditional offer scheme; changes in rules on international carriage with reference to current EC legislation; comprehensive and fully updated tables of offences and panalties; changes to endorsable offences and variable penalty points; new offence of aggravated vehicle-taking; significant amendments to disqualificaiton provision; most recent decisions on special reasons etc; developing EC case law.
