Newell v Cross. Newell v Cook. Newell v Plume. Newell v Chenery
Street Traffic – Express carriage – Use of hackney carriage as an express carriage – Sharing
of fare by passengers – Owner permitting such use – Road Traffic Act 1930 (c 43) ss 61,
72(10).
Miss C engaged a taxi-driver to drive her and six of her friends from Ipswich to Shotley, a
distance of ten miles, on the following night, the agreed fare being fourteen shillings.

