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About

Provided by Birketts LLP

Our Transport and Logistics Team can assist you with all your legal needs in the increasingly regulated world of transport, from contractual and liabilities issues to regulatory and operational problems.  We assist with transport specific issues such as tachographs, licensing, terms and conditions, logistics contracts and liens, to more general areas of law such as health and safety, employment, immigration, corporate and property.

Our specialist advice covers:

  • terms and conditions, including freight and passenger transport
  • carrier's liability, both domestic and under the CMR, and Warsaw Convention
  • logistics contracts and liens - negotiation and enforcement
  • transport, distribution, warehousing and carriage disputes
  • operator licence undertakings
  • road transport regulatory issues
  • road traffic accidents
  • product liability claims

We frequently represent companies and individuals in prosecutions brought by the police and DVSA and in Public Inquiries before the Traffic Commissioner. Head of team, Laura Thomas, sits as a Deputy Traffic Commissioner and was previously a board member for the FTA. We also, uniquely, have a transport consultant in the team who formerly worked for DVSA and offers practical advice and audits.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers
Transport: Logistics - UK-wide
3
Band 3
What the Team is Known For

Birketts has a solid team with expertise in CMR, multi-modal transport, and ports and terminals matters. It is also adept at advising on an array of regulatory and commercial issues. The firm represents clients in disputes concerning theft of goods, demurrage claims, tax claims and fraud, among other areas. The department maintains a broad client base including freight forwarders, insurers and shipping companies.

Key contact

Alex Davey is a key contact.

Work Highlights

Provided by Birketts LLP
  • Birketts successfully represented Atlantis International Service NV in a dispute relating to the wording and relevance of the General Average clause in Congenbill 1994.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"We have always been impressed with the knowledge and expertise available."

Transport: Logistics respondent
UK

"Birketts are knowledgeable, reliable and hugely personable."

Transport: Logistics respondent
UK