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[1971] 2 QB 691 (CA). An action in negligence against a learner driver succeeded on the grounds that, when determining whether there has been a Breach of the duty of care, the standard of care is assessed objectively. A learner driver, said the court, must be held to the same standard of driving as his instructor. The courts have not always been so dogmatic about the standard of care to be expected of a defendant, and the Nettleship principle has been rejected in other common-law jurisdictions. It is possible that a different decision would have been reached, if it were not for the fact that the claimant's damages would have been met by the driver's insurers.