Tim Culpin Consultant
Position: Consultant
Area of Practice: Road Transport Law, Motoring Law and Advocacy
Specialist Area(s): Road Transport Law
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Email: [email protected]
About Tim Culpin Consultant
Tim’s first career was as a deck officer in the Merchant Navy sailing as Master for a number of years before coming ashore and obtaining his law degree at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Tim then qualified as a solicitor in 1994 at Aaron & Partners becoming a Partner at that firm in 1996. Now semi-retired, Tim works part time as a Consultant for Smith Bowyer Clarke.
Tim has over 25 years’ experience acting for commercial vehicle operators dealing with all aspects of the compliant operation of such vehicles regularly appearing for operators and vocational drivers at public inquiries and driver conduct hearings before the Traffic Commissioners and in the magistrates’ courts. Tim has an extensive network of connections and can assist new entrants to the industry in obtaining an operator’s licence or when applications run into difficulties. During his legal career Tim has gained significant experience contesting the imposition of civil penalties arising from the discovery of clandestine entrants and in the recovery of impounded vehicles arising from breaches of the cabotage regulations, operating without an operator’s licence and as a consequence of UK Border Force activities. More recently Tim has assisted a number of operators in dealing with DVSA Desk Based Assessments.
