Road Traffic Law And Safety

Can Cyclists And Motorists Learn To Live Together?

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

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:28:34 +0000

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

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!

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

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

Fri, 28 Apr 2017 07:55:27 +0000

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

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

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

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:25:42 +0000

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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Disqualification Is Answer Says Mr Loophole – Not Increasing Fines

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:03:41 +0000

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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