| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [1998] All ER (D) 696 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Butler-Sloss, Potter LJJ and Sir Patrick Russell |
| Representation | Ian McLaren QC and Douglas Herbert (instructed by E Edwards Son & Noice, Ilford) for the defendant. |
| Elizabeth Gumbel (instructed by David Saunders, Ashford) for the plaintiff. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 8 December 1998 |
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Evidence - Conviction - Admission as evidence in civil proceedings - Plaintiff relying on defendant's conviction of driving without due care and attention as evidence of negligence - Defendant obtaining evidence that accident was not his responsibility - Whether defendant's attempt to prove conviction erroneous was an abuse of process - .
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