Our road transport solicitors regularly advise operators of passenger and goods vehicles (HGVs, LGVs, PSVs and PCVs) and appear before the Courts representing drivers and haulage and passenger service operators in relation to a variety of prosecutions brought by both the police and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in the area of road transport law. The firm frequently appears at Public Inquiries representing drivers and operators, and will appear before Traffic Commissioners. Areas of expertise include:
- Obtaining and preserving an Operator’s Licence
- The defence of prosecutions
- Representation at Public Inquiry
- DVSA investigations
- Recovery of impounded vehicles
- Road traffic accidents
- Conditions of carriage
- Transport, distribution, warehousing and carriage disputes
- Product liability claims
- Employment issues (e.g. tachograph and CPC compliance, bespoke contracts of employment).
In addition we have a specialise team, with specialist knowledge of the laws and procedures which govern how we drive on the UK’s roads.
what our clients say
Client feedback
I am emailing you to express my profound thanks for all your help in this distressing case. I could not have asked for a more professional and considerate response. I felt that you understood the difficulty of my case and reacted in a sympathetic but determined manor. Without your help I feel that I could have ended up in a very precarious situation. I would not hesitate to recommend you to anyone else in a similar crisis.
Client feedback
I wanted to thank you for your dedication to my case and your excellent presentation to the magistrates on my behalf. Without your services I would not be driving today. I thought the way you approached the challenge of achieving a successful outcome for me was a masterpiece of strategy, planning and delivery. It was so interesting to watch you take the magistrates eloquently 'by the hand' through the maze of events and diverse facts that constituted my defence. Every "dot and t" was crossed with no stone left unturned. Your diligence, creativity and thorough investigations were exemplary and left no quarter for ambiguity at any stage of the proceedings. Furthermore the defence bundles that you prepared were a masterclass in both presentation and logical progression, and presented a daunting collection of hard evidence and background information to the magistrates which helped my defence significantly and shaped their response in a sympathetic and positive way. If there was a prize for the most accomplished defence of a client in a driving conviction case, you would certainly win it! Thank you Leathes Prior for being so accommodating.
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I cannot praise too highly the professionalism, dedication and sheer hard work put in by all concerned. I was most impressed with the preparation, thoroughness and attention to detail which took place.
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I just wanted to say thank you ever so much for your help and representation today. Being in the court room was a lot more daunting than expected and I am really pleased with the service and representation you supplied. I would also like to give thanks as I know you took on my case at the last moment leaving you with a lot less time to prepare than you’d have desired. Yet you helped put me at ease and brought very much a calmness to the proceedings without giving any unrealistic expectations. I found this very reassuring.
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Just want to say thank you for all your hard work and you made it so much easier having you to represent us as we wouldn’t have got the same result without you. I would recommend you to anyone who need your services and I would certainly use you if I did need a solicitor.
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Outstanding value for money.
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Professional and impressive.
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Prompt, helpful and relevant advice.
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Robust and experienced.
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Outstanding.
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Extremely thorough.