Legal Comment – Road Traffic Law And Safety

Can Cyclists And Motorists Learn To Live Together?

Nick Freeman Blog — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:14:23 +0000

Nick Freeman, owner of Manchester based legal practice Freeman & Co and is best known as `Mr Loophole` a celebrity defence lawyer specialising in road and motoring offences. There`s an awful lot of bad blood between cyclists and motorists these days. Where once road space was shared in relative harmony, co-existence has mutated into a…

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Mr Loophole Backs East Yorkshire Motorist In Fight Against Hull Bus Lane Fine

Nick Freeman Blog — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:24:38 +0000

The country’s best-known traffic lawyer is backing a motorist’s fight against a bus lane fine imposed by Hull City Council. Thirty-six-year-old Tony Sherwin contacted Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, via social media after being fined £30 for driving in the bus lane on Holderness Road to visit a supermarket. Mr Sherwin appealed the fine, which…

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“All Randox Cases Must Be Reviewed Now”, Demands Mr Loophole!

Nick Freeman Blog — Wed, 10 May 2017 07:54:26 +0000

Commenting on the news that data relating to more than 6,000 samples tested at Randox Testing Service’s Manchester site may have been manipulated, criminal defence lawyer Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, said: “My worst fears have now been realised. I said last time that this could be the tip of the iceberg. Once a Government…

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Nick Freeman Interviewed On BBC Over Hugill’s Law

Nick Freeman Blog — Fri, 05 May 2017 08:11:57 +0000

Kenneth Hugill is the 83-year-old farmer who was acquitted after just 24 minutes by a Hull jury when he faced a trial for GBH. Despite being acquitted, he faced huge legal costs that would have taken him decades to repay. Nick Freeman, AKA Mr Loophole, was so insensed by the injustice that he set up…

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Mr Loophole Launches Petition Calling For Defendants Acquitted By The Courts To Recover Legal Fees

Nick Freeman Blog — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:58:40 +0000

Lawyer Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, has launched an online petition calling for a reversal in the law which prevents defendants acquitted in the courts recovering their costs. In 2012, the law was changed without proper consultation, leading to hundreds of people each year facing financial ruin despite being cleared of the charges they were…

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Mr Loophole Launches Just Giving Page To Help Pay £30k Legal Fees Of 83-Year-Old Farmer Cleared Of GBH

Nick Freeman Blog — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 09:01:04 +0000

Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, has launched a crowd funding page to help an 83-year-old farmer – who shot a convicted criminal he suspected of trying to steal diesel – pay his £30,000 court costs. A jury last week at Hull Crown Court took just 24-minutes to clear Kenneth Hugill of GBH, after the incident…

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Statement re “Killer drivers on mobiles to get life”

Nick Freeman Blog — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:25:52 +0000

Responding to the news that the Government was considering introducing new legislation that see drivers receiving life sentences if convicted of killing someone whilst using a mobile phone, Nick Freeman, the country’s leading road traffic lawyer, said: “The new legislation is a dangerous route to go down as it could mean there is too much…

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Figures Reveal Yawning Between Speeders Caught By Cameras Compared To Police Officers

Nick Freeman Blog — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:24:16 +0000

Figures obtained by the country’s leading traffic lawyer reveal the yawning gulf between motorists caught speeding by fixed cameras, and those caught by uniformed traffic officers. The statistics – acquired by Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, under the Freedom of Information of Act from six forces – comes the day after the National Institute for…

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New Bill Widens The Fairness Over Anonymity

Nick Freeman Blog — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 09:49:32 +0000

I have always been a strong believer that the courts do not only exist to convict the guilty but are also there to free the innocent. As a fundamental right in this country, we are all presumed innocent until proven guilty. In reaching that difficult balance there has to be a level playing field, administered…

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Will Car Bullying Make Our Roads Like A School Playground

Nick Freeman Blog — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 09:24:33 +0000

As a person who enjoys the pleasure of driving, I have followed the progress of the driverless car with both interest and a little trepidation. The first time many of us would have thought about the possibility of a driverless car was from watching science fiction films. I remember seeing the iconic Johnny Cab in…

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