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s.31A Penalty for an Unsecured Vehicle Reduced by Almost 75% - April 2025
Millicent Dooher submitted a Notice of Objection for this haulier who faced penalties of £7,500.00 for having an unsecured vehicle. There were not clandestine entrants found on the vehicle. Border Force accepted these submissions and reduced the penalty for the Company by 75%, and reduced the penalty for the driver […]
Civil Penalty Appeal Settlement Saves Haulier Almost £11,000 with a Contribution Haulier’s Costs - April 2025
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this European haulier after the imposition of civil penalties following the discovery of 1 clandestine entrant. The appeal was on the basis that the Company complied with the Regulations and that the driver’s penalty ought to be assessed on a means basis. Prior to the appeal […]
£80,000 of Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalties Reduced to £19,000 with Full Costs for the Haulier - April 2025
This European haulier faced £80,000.00 of clandestine entrant civil penalties following the discovery of 5 clandestine entrants in one of their vehicles. Millicent Dooher, barrister, prepared their case for an appeal to the County Court. Prior to the hearing, the penalties were reduced on a means basis. At the appeal, […]
Successful Restoration of HGV Free of Charge Following Discovery of over 70kgs of Smuggled Tobacco - April 2025
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this European haulier in their restoration application for the return of their tractor unit following the discovery of excise goods by Border Force. Border Force had identified over 70kgs of tobacco within the load and seized the vehicle. Millicent was able to convince the National Post […]
Failure to Notify Office of Traffic Commissioner of Insolvency Leads to Public Inquiry - April 2025
The operator in this matter, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer, added a director to their licence and failed to notify the Office of the Traffic Commissioner of an insolvency that he was involved in. The Traffic Commissioner accepted at the Public inquiry that this was oversight and lack of knowledge […]
Operator with “Most Serious Infringement” Keeps Licence at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry - April 2025
This operator, represented at Public inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, happily operated a truck with no MOT in place for 6 months. This is a “most serious infringement” and a Traffic Commissioner is obliged to consider revocation of the licence in such a case. Matters were compounded by a less […]
Operator Licence Granted Despite History of Insolvency - March 2025
A history of a liquidated company for both a director and a transport manager brought this application to the attention of the Traffic Commissioner. Murray Oliver helped the operator to explain what had happened and after addressing how the Proposed Transport manager would be supported in his role the licence […]
No O licence and Driver CPC Charges withdrawn at Magistrates’ Court - March 2025
Senior solicitor Murray Oliver represented a driver when the the police stopped a Transit van and trailer carrying a digger. They charged the driver with operating without an O licence, failing to have a Driver CPC card using a vehicle with a defective tyre and failing to use a tachograph. […]
Over £10,000 reduction in clandestine entrant civil penalty following Notice of Objection - March 2025
Submissions were made by Millicent Dooher, barrister, on behalf of this European haulier that had been stopped by Border Force and 1 clandestine entrant found in their company vehicle. The total amount of penalty imposed was £16,000.00. Millicent was able to make submissions to Border Force through a Notice of […]
Successful £20,000 Civil Penalty Appeal for European Haulier – Full Costs Awarded - March 2025
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this European haulier throughout their appeal to the County Court. The Company faced a penalty of £20,000.00 following the discovery of 2 clandestine entrants in one of their Company vehicles. The appeal was on the basis that they qualified for a means assessment and the Company […]
