Your comprehensive guide to drunken driving and related intoxicant offences.
Recent developments in the Road Traffic Act 2016 and a number of
important decisions from the Superior Courts have added to the mass of
material to consider in what has been a notoriously complex area of law.
This new edition is a comprehensive update on the area of drunken driving
and related intoxicant offences, providing detailed analysis of recent
significant cases and legislative updates. The easy-to-understand text
contains practical guidance for the prosecution and defence of drunken
driving and related cases, and essential reference materials such as up-to-date disqualification periods and technical data.
New to this edition
- All chapters have been revised and rewritten to incorporate recent developments.
- Recent legislative developments are considered including the new drug
driving statutory regime under the Road Traffic Act 2016.
- A comprehensive update on recent case law including important
developments following the decision of the Supreme Court in DPP v
Avadenei [2018] 3 I.R. 215.
- Update on the law of disclosure in drunken driving cases including
consideration of Oates v Browne [2016] 1 I.R. 481.
- Updated penalties and legislation in a user-friendly annex.
About the Author
David Staunton BL is a practising barrister specialising in criminal law
and road traffic offences. David has considerable experience in defending
intoxicated driving offences and has acted in some of the significant cases
determined by the Superior Courts in recent times. David has also written
and lectured extensively on the topic
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Principal Offences
Chapter 3 Preliminary Specimens and Impairment Testing
Chapter 4 Arrest, Detention and Treatment of Persons in Custody
Chapter 5 Obligation to Furnish Evidential Specimens
Chapter 6 Evidential Specimens
Chapter 7 Disclosure
Chapter 8 Penalties and Disqualification
Chapter 9 Appeals, Case Stated and Judicial Review
Appendix A: Table of Mandatory Minimum Disqualification Periods and Penalty Point Provisions
Appendix B: Legislation - Table of Reference
Appendix C: Road Traffic Act 2010 sections 1 to 29 (Consolidated)
Appendix D: S.I. No. 398 of 2015 - Road Traffic Act 2010 (Section 13) (Prescribed Form and Manner of Statements) Regulations 2015
Appendix E: S.I. No. 540 of 2011 - Road Traffic Act 2010 (Sections 15 and 17) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 2011
Appendix F: S.I. No. 151 of 2017 - Road Traffic Act 2010 (Sections 15 and 17) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Appendix G: S.I. No. 385 of 2020 - Road Traffic Act 2010 (Sections 15 and 17) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Appendix H: S.I. No. 534 of 2014 - Road Traffic Act 2010 (Impairment Testing) Regulations 2014
Appendix I: S.I. No. 370 of 2017 - Road Traffic Act 2010 (Impairment Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Appendix J: S.I. No. 158 of 2017 - Road Traffic Act 2010 (Medical Exemption Certificate) Regulations 2017
Appendix K: S.I. No. 119 of 1987 - Criminal Justice Act, 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations 1987 (Consolidated)
Appendix L: S.I. No. 564 of 2013 - European Communities Act 1972 (Interpretation and Translation for Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations 2013
Appendix M: Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings
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