R v Chapman (David)

Subject Matter

ROAD TRAFFIC — Drink — Blood alcohol — “Breath test” — “… if … person … required … to provide a specimen of breath … fails to do so …” — Whether failure to take test if device not inflated in one breath — Evidence by police that medical practitioner notified of proposal to require breath test and did not object — Whether police evidence hearsay and inadmissible — Road Safety Act, 1967, ss 2 (2), 3 (2)

[1969] 2 QB 436; [1969] 2 WLR 1004

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Challenging Jurors - Procedure for Challenging for Cause - Need for Prima Facie Evidence D13.32

Challenging Jurors - Standing Jurors By - The Right D13.33

Challenging Jurors - Court’s Power to Exclude Jurors D13.36