8 Apr 2020
The trial judge properly accepted the complainant’s account, the dashcam footage and the appellant’s own confirmations (including the signed driver identity statement and in‑court admission) as sufficient evidence that the appellant was the driver who crossed the continuous white line on 13 August; there was no error warranting overturning the conviction.
16 Oct 2014
The magistrate properly accepted the prosecution witness as reliable, the statutory exceptions in r11(3) and (5) did not apply, and there was no reasonable excuse for crossing the continuous white line; therefore the conviction was safe and the appeal is dismissed.
5 Mar 2014
The trial judge's acceptance of the prosecution eyewitness's clear and consistent evidence and rejection of the appellant's inconsistent and evasive testimony was reasonable and not vitiated by error; therefore the prosecution had proved the offences beyond reasonable doubt and the appellate court will not disturb those factual findings, so the appeal is dismissed.
28 Jan 1997
The conviction was unsafe because it rested on the accuracy of a single police observer's testimony in congested, moving traffic; the magistrate failed to adequately consider the reliability of that observation and the Crown conceded the conviction was unsafe, therefore the appeal is allowed and the fine set aside.