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The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)

[2004] QB 487

Queen's Bench Division

Sheldrake v Director of Public Prosecutions

[2003] EWHC 273 (Admin)

2003 Jan 20;
Feb 24

Clarke LJ, Henriques and Jack JJ

Road traffic — Drunk in charge of motor vehicle — Likelihood of driving — Defence of defendant to prove no likelihood of driving vehicle while remaining unfit through drink — Whether incompatible with presumption of innocence — Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52), s. 5(1)(b)(2) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s. 3(1), Sch. 1, Pt I, art 6(2)

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