Can Cyclists And Motorists Learn To Live Together?

Can Cyclists And Motorists Learn To Live Together?

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 toxic game of chicken and egg. One in which each side claims absolute entitlement whilst robustly condemning the other for their impact on road safety. On the one hand, you`ve got cyclists singing ten bars…Read more
“Weight Taken Off Scaffold Firm Boss’s Shoulders” After Mr Loophole Successfully Wins Weighbridge Court Case

“Weight Taken Off Scaffold Firm Boss’s Shoulders” After Mr Loophole Successfully Wins Weighbridge Court Case

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 the equivalent to him carrying an African bull elephant, which would have rendered his vehicle un-drivable. Despite charging him with three offences – overloading the gross weight of the vehicle, overloading the rear axle and…Read more
Mr Loophole Backs East Yorkshire Motorist In Fight Against Hull Bus Lane Fine

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

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 he lost, and has subsequently lodged a complaint with the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. Earlier this year Tesco changed the entrance and exit to its Tesco Express store, meaning that motorists are now forced to enter…Read more
“All Randox Cases Must Be Reviewed Now”, Demands Mr Loophole!

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

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 approved organisation, or its employees, has been found to have manipulated data, their credibility is shot, and every case in which they have been involved in forensic analysis should be the subject of an urgent…Read more
Nick Freeman Interviewed On BBC Over Hugill’s Law

Nick Freeman Interviewed On BBC Over Hugill’s Law

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 a Just Giving campaign to help Mr Hugill with his legal fees. In a short time, a massive amount of public support and donations meant that Mr Hugill could pay his legal fees with the…Read more
Mr Loophole Launches “Hugill’s Law” Campaign On Day He Presents Acquitted Farmer With Cheque To Cover Court Costs

Mr Loophole Launches “Hugill’s Law” Campaign On Day He Presents Acquitted Farmer With Cheque To Cover Court Costs

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 fees of more than £20,000, which he said would take him “20 to 30 years to pay back”. Following the trial, celebrity lawyer Nick “Mr Loophole” Freeman - who had no involvement in Mr Hugill’s…Read more
Mr Loophole Launches Petition Calling For Defendants Acquitted By The Courts To Recover Legal Fees

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

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 facing. Last week, 83-year-old North Yorkshire farmer Kenneth Hugill was cleared of GBH by a jury at Hull Crown Court. Despite him walking free, the pensioner – who has never been on the wrong side…Read more
Mr Loophole Launches Just Giving Page To Help Pay £30k Legal Fees Of 83-Year-Old Farmer Cleared Of GBH

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

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 at his isolated East Yorkshire farmhouse, in November 2015. The court heard the man whom he shot in the foot has convictions for burglary, theft and possession of an offence weapon, and, at hospital, gave three different…Read more
Clamp Down On Lawless Delivery Cyclists, Says Mr Loophole & Cycling Safety Champion!

Clamp Down On Lawless Delivery Cyclists, Says Mr Loophole & Cycling Safety Champion!

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 lights, ride on pavements and ride at night without lights. The pair cite riders working for Deliveroo as some of the worst offenders, despite the company claiming that safety of their riders and other roads…Read more

Disqualification Is Answer Says Mr Loophole – Not Increasing Fines

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 three-month disqualification at speeds within certain parameters. Mr Freeman said: “What motorists fear most of all is being removed from the road. That’s the thing that really resonates with them. “Whilst an increase in fines…Read more