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Operator Keeps Licence at Public Inquiry - January 2015
This Operator suffered a complete breakdown in their compliance regime following the breaching of Undertakings given at a previous Public Inquiry. Forward-planning was non-existent; record-keeping was sparse and intermittent; and drivers were regularly pulling driver-cards. There was also a pressing Financial Repute issue to be resolved. It was clear from the […]
Impounded Vehicle Returned Following Successful Appeal - November 2014 and January 2015 (appeal)
A Dutch haulier delivering into the UK had their truck and trailer seized (value €125,000) when the driver was found to be smuggling a large amount of cocaine and heroin. HMRC and Borders Agency agreed that the haulier was completely innocent of any wrong doing but nevertheless refused to restore […]
R. v S.R. - January 2015
A UK-based LGV driver knocked down and killed a man who had just disembarked from a bus and crossed directly in front of our client’s slow-moving 44-ton truck and trailer. Whilst the law required the judge to disqualify our client from driving for at least 12-months and order an extended […]
Dutch Lorry Driver Accused of Importing £10 Million of Cocaine Acquitted After Crown Court Trial - January 2014
A Dutch Lorry Driver working for a European haulage firm importing goods into the UK was arrested when Customs Officers discovered 40kgs of cocaine, worth over £10 million, hidden under the false floor of his vehicle trailer. Client was acquitted at trial, represented by Harry Bowyer. Client found Not Guilty […]
6 Week Trial for Operator Accused of Renting Out Margin - 2009
Client fraudulently renting out the margin on operators’ licences to the tune of some £3 million. Advertisements were carried in the industry’s leading magazines advertising the service. Harry Bowyer, as leading junior, acted for the defendant in a six week trial which involved the cross examination of Traffic Commissioners and […]
Fatal Accidents Prompt Public Inquiry - July 2014
Our client was a major player in the removal and disposal of earth, tunnelling spoil and associated waste, operating over 60 vehicles in and around London. Following four separate fatal accidents involving our client’s vehicles and cyclists in London, our client was called-in to a Public Inquiry for investigation into […]
Bolle Transport bv. v The Home Secretary, Court of Appeal - May 2015
In October 2013 Bolle Transport BV, a Dutch haulier operating into the UK, collected a sealed load from Frankfurt Airport for delivery to a Royal Mail depot at Langley in Berkshire, UK. When the load arrived at Langley six illegals were found inside. The Home Secretary imposed a Civil Penalty […]
R. v. AG; R. v. v I; Court of Appeal - November 2014; February 2015.
We are presently instructed in two separate but identical cases, both of which concern a European national. In each case our client is a truck driver working for a European Haulage business and driving a truck into the UK. Each was convicted of Dangerous Driving by a UK court and […]
Dangerous Driving Considered at Driver Conduct Hearing -
Our client was the driver of a LGV which, in 2013 ran over and killed a 13-year old child on her bicycle. The death of the child was found by the police investigation not to be our client’s fault. However, the investigation revealed that, prior to this tragic accident; the […]
Platje v VOSA, R.T.R. 28; High Court - 2011
Where a driver extended his daily rest period into a weekly rest period as permitted under Regulation 561/2006 art.8(3), the art.9(1) derogation which permitted limited interruptions to daily rest periods did not apply to all or part of the weekly rest period.
