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confirmed that the fare was £15 but the passengers still refused to pay. The driver started to drive them back to the address from which he had collected them but, en route, decided to drive to a police station. However, the two passengers forced the car to stop and ran off. The taxi driver managed to catch one of the men. The defendant argued that the requirement for payment had ceased because the driver had announced his intention of taking the passengers back to the place from where the journey had started. Held: ‘On the spot’ means ‘there and then’. The words ‘makes off’ involve a departure without paying from the place where payment would normally be made. In the case of a taxi, payment might be made while sitting in the taxi or standing by the window. In the present case, payment was requested while the passengers were still in the taxi. It became apparent to the driver that they were disputing the fare. The fact that the driver, realising that there was a prospect that they would not pay their fare, drove off somewhere else, did not mean that when the defendant ran off he could not, as a matter of law, be making off without payment. It was the time at which he made off which was critical. When this defendant made off, he had formed the intention to avoid payment of a fare which was still due and owing. Making off
DOI link for confirmed that the fare was £15 but the passengers still refused to pay. The driver started to drive them back to the address from which he had collected them but, en route, decided to drive to a police station. However, the two passengers forced the car to stop and ran off. The taxi driver managed to catch one of the men. The defendant argued that the requirement for payment had ceased because the driver had announced his intention of taking the passengers back to the place from where the journey had started. Held: ‘On the spot’ means ‘there and then’. The words ‘makes off’ involve a departure without paying from the place where payment would normally be made. In the case of a taxi, payment might be made while sitting in the taxi or standing by the window. In the present case, payment was requested while the passengers were still in the taxi. It became apparent to the driver that they were disputing the fare. The fact that the driver, realising that there was a prospect that they would not pay their fare, drove off somewhere else, did not mean that when the defendant ran off he could not, as a matter of law, be making off without payment. It was the time at which he made off which was critical. When this defendant made off, he had formed the intention to avoid payment of a fare which was still due and owing. Making off
confirmed that the fare was £15 but the passengers still refused to pay. The driver started to drive them back to the address from which he had collected them but, en route, decided to drive to a police station. However, the two passengers forced the car to stop and ran off. The taxi driver managed to catch one of the men. The defendant argued that the requirement for payment had ceased because the driver had announced his intention of taking the passengers back to the place from where the journey had started. Held: ‘On the spot’ means ‘there and then’. The words ‘makes off’ involve a departure without paying from the place where payment would normally be made. In the case of a taxi, payment might be made while sitting in the taxi or standing by the window. In the present case, payment was requested while the passengers were still in the taxi. It became apparent to the driver that they were disputing the fare. The fact that the driver, realising that there was a prospect that they would not pay their fare, drove off somewhere else, did not mean that when the defendant ran off he could not, as a matter of law, be making off without payment. It was the time at which he made off which was critical. When this defendant made off, he had formed the intention to avoid payment of a fare which was still due and owing. Making off
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confirmed that the fare was £15 but the passengers still refused to pay. The driver started to drive them back to the address from which he had collected them but, en route, decided to drive to a police station. However, the two passengers forced the car to stop and ran off. The taxi driver managed to catch one of the men. The defendant argued that the requirement for payment had ceased because the driver had announced his intention of taking the passengers back to the place from where the journey had started.
