Road Traffic Law And Safety http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk Mr Loophole's Blog Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:16:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.7 110222576 Can Cyclists And Motorists Learn To Live Together? http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/can-cyclists-and-motorists-learn-to-live-together/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/can-cyclists-and-motorists-learn-to-live-together/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:14:23 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=161 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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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/can-cyclists-and-motorists-learn-to-live-together/feed/ 0 161 “Weight Taken Off Scaffold Firm Boss’s Shoulders” After Mr Loophole Successfully Wins Weighbridge Court Case http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-wins-weighbridge-court-case/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-wins-weighbridge-court-case/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:28:34 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=159 A South London scaffolding firm boss has had the weight taken off his shoulders after turning to celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman’s road haulage division after being charged with dangerously over loading his wagon. According to police who intercepted Andrew Swann en route to a private weighbridge, the load on his Mistubishi Canter flatbed van was…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-wins-weighbridge-court-case/feed/ 0 159 Mr Loophole Backs East Yorkshire Motorist In Fight Against Hull Bus Lane Fine http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-backs-east-yorkshire-motorist-fight-hull-bus-lane-fine/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-backs-east-yorkshire-motorist-fight-hull-bus-lane-fine/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:24:38 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=155 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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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-backs-east-yorkshire-motorist-fight-hull-bus-lane-fine/feed/ 0 155 “All Randox Cases Must Be Reviewed Now”, Demands Mr Loophole! http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/randox-cases-must-reviewed-now-demands-mr-loophole/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/randox-cases-must-reviewed-now-demands-mr-loophole/#respond Wed, 10 May 2017 07:54:26 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=139 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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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/randox-cases-must-reviewed-now-demands-mr-loophole/feed/ 0 139 Nick Freeman Interviewed On BBC Over Hugill’s Law http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/nick-freeman-interviewed-bbc-hugills-law/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/nick-freeman-interviewed-bbc-hugills-law/#respond Fri, 05 May 2017 08:11:57 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=149 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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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/nick-freeman-interviewed-bbc-hugills-law/feed/ 0 149 Mr Loophole Launches “Hugill’s Law” Campaign On Day He Presents Acquitted Farmer With Cheque To Cover Court Costs http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-hugills-law-campaign-day-presents-acquitted-farmer-cheque-cover-court-costs/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-hugills-law-campaign-day-presents-acquitted-farmer-cheque-cover-court-costs/#respond Fri, 28 Apr 2017 07:55:27 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=142 A farmer cleared of shooting a suspected burglar at his isolated East Yorkshire home is backing a campaign to change the law enabling defendants acquitted at court to recover their legal fees. Despite being cleared of a charge of grievous bodily harm by a jury at Hull Crown Court, Kenneth Hugill, 83, faced paying legal…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-hugills-law-campaign-day-presents-acquitted-farmer-cheque-cover-court-costs/feed/ 0 142 Mr Loophole Launches Petition Calling For Defendants Acquitted By The Courts To Recover Legal Fees http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-petition-calling-defendants-acquitted-courts-recover-legal-fees/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-petition-calling-defendants-acquitted-courts-recover-legal-fees/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:58:40 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=145 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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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-petition-calling-defendants-acquitted-courts-recover-legal-fees/feed/ 0 145 Mr Loophole Launches Just Giving Page To Help Pay £30k Legal Fees Of 83-Year-Old Farmer Cleared Of GBH http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-just-giving-page-help-pay-30k-legal-fees-83-year-old-farmer-cleared-gbh/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-just-giving-page-help-pay-30k-legal-fees-83-year-old-farmer-cleared-gbh/#respond Sun, 12 Mar 2017 09:01:04 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=147 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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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-launches-just-giving-page-help-pay-30k-legal-fees-83-year-old-farmer-cleared-gbh/feed/ 0 147 Clamp Down On Lawless Delivery Cyclists, Says Mr Loophole & Cycling Safety Champion! http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/clamp-lawless-delivery-cyclists-says-mr-loophole-cycling-safety-champion/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/clamp-lawless-delivery-cyclists-says-mr-loophole-cycling-safety-champion/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:25:42 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=129 The country’s best known traffic lawyer and a cycling safety champion have joined forces in condemning lawless delivery bike riders who endanger pedestrians, drivers and fellow cyclists. The move by Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, and cycling vigilante Dave Sherry, comes amid growing concerns that cycling dispatch riders and food delivery riders frequently jump red…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/clamp-lawless-delivery-cyclists-says-mr-loophole-cycling-safety-champion/feed/ 0 129 Disqualification Is Answer Says Mr Loophole – Not Increasing Fines http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/disqualification-answer-says-mr-loophole-not-increasing-fines/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/disqualification-answer-says-mr-loophole-not-increasing-fines/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:03:41 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=126 Increasing fines for motorists caught “excessive speeding” will do little to stop the problem, the country’s leading road traffic lawyer has warned. Instead, Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, said if the government was serious about tackling this issue it needed to do something which would not win the populist vote – namely imposing a mandatory…

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