SUPREME COURT Leave To Appeal Refused

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31209, 5 November 1966, Page 21

SUPREME COURT Leave To Appeal Refused

Leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal over his recent decision on overtaking at pedestrian crossings was refused by Mr Justice Wilson in the Supreme Court yesterday. Mr J. R. Woodward, for Lynne Watson, a motorist convicted after overtaking at the pedestrian crossing in front of the Christchurch Cathedral —and whose appeal was last month rejected by his Honour —sought leave to appeal further on the ground of “considerable public interest.” Mr Woodward mentioned a newspaper leading article, letters to the newspapers, and letters and approaches to him personally. It had been pointed out to him, said Mr Woodward, that his Honour’s ruling forbidding overtaking at crossings could have the effect of bringing traffic at the Beresford comer crossing in Cathedral square to a standstill. His Honour said: “I don’t think it is a matter of sufficient public interest to warrant taking the time of the Court of Appeal." His Honour, in his decision on Mrs Watson’s appeal, had

ruled that a driver who overtakes and passes another car stopped at a pedestrian crossing—even though he passes over a clear half of the crossing—offend against regulation 14 (3) of the Traffic Regulations.