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Transport: Road: Regulatory (Band 2)Profile
Practice Areas: Partner and Head of Transport Law Department. Provides full range of legal services for Road Transport industry. Defends Goods/ Passenger Operators, Professional Drivers/ Private Motorists. Acts for an extensive number of National/ International Transport Operators. An experienced Magistrates'/ Crown Court Advocate. Handles a wide range of prosecutions including Health & Safety, environmental, drivers' hours, record keeping, Construction & Use and all road traffic/ ordinary vehicle driving licence entitlements. Deals with regulatory compliance issues daily. Represents at Traffic Commissioners' environmental and disciplinary public inquiries, Transport Tribunal appeals, driver conduct hearings, Coroners' inquests, VOSA investigations etc. Conducts his own appeals against sentence. Has considerable international expertise in dealing with carriers' liability cases involving clandestine entrants and vehicle seizures.
Professional Memberships: Road Haulage Association, Freight Transport Association (Regional Council), Builders Merchants' Federation, CILT, International Road Transport Union (Legal Assistance Network), Association of Trial Lawyers, Notts Law Society, City Business Club. Associations: Panel Solicitor Road Haulage Association, Freight Transport Association (Regional Council member).
Career: Qualified 1988. Joined Rotheras Solicitors 1989. Partner since 1992.
Publications: Regularly contributes to trade press.