Transport: Road: Regulatory
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 3
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(01473) 232300About
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
Birketts represents clients at public inquiries for offences including careless driving and financial violations. It frequently advises on the revocation of licences and related issues. The firm's clients benefit from its complementary expertise in corporate immigration and employment matters. The team also offers expertise in relation to internal investigations, as well as those undertaken by enforcement agencies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are always quick to respond to queries and do so in a highly professional manner."
"They are always quick to respond to queries and do so in a highly professional manner."
Notable Practitioners
Charlotte Hunt is an associate at Birketts, where she advises clients on operator licensing matters as well as inquiries and hearings.
"I've nothing but high praise for Charlotte. She is extremely knowledgeable and provides critical support for clients."