December 11, 2025
R v A [2020] EWCA Crim 407
A’s car was left stationary and unlit on the M1 hard shoulder for about 15 minutes after a night out. A lorry driven by L veered across all lanes and hit the car, killing one passenger. The Court of Appeal held the trial judge misapplied causation principles and ordered a retrial on causing death by dangerous driving. Facts The respondent, A, was driving three friends (M, C and K) home after clubbing in the early hours of a November 2017 morning. A was the designated driver; the passengers were drunk and, during the motorway journey northbound on the M1, an
