Lincoln House Chambers have provided a specialist advice and representation service to clients in Traffic Commissioner Inquires for over 15 years. We have significant experience in public inquiries spanning applications for operator licences through to actions against existing licences and transport managers. We are very proud to offer a team with significant strength in depth.
We have a nationwide client base which includes clients in Northern Ireland and we undertake work throughout the UK. Several of our members have extremely strong reputations as being leaders in this specialist field and will provide training and legal updates to their solicitor, consultant and operator clients.
Our wealth of knowledge in this area is complemented by our involvement in criminal, regulatory and coronial proceedings involving a very wide spectrum of driving offences and accidents. We enjoy strong working relationships with key experts in the fields of accident investigation and reconstruction; vehicle examination; tachograph analysis and route tracing; telematics (“black box” incident data recorders); CCTV image analysis and enhancement; neurology (including sleep disorders, cough syncope, and forms of epilepsy); A&E care (causation); LGV and PCV operator licensing; and transportation, trucking, haulage and passenger carrying vehicles.
We cover the full spectrum of Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiry issues, over the last few years this has included, issues arising from maintenance failings (late PMIs, inadequate roller brake testing etc.), DVSA offences, wheel-loss incidents, failure to report changes, lack of continuous and effective control, allegations of fronting for previously revoked operators, failure to notify the traffic commissioner of material changes or convictions, operating without a licence, questions of whether the operation is truly restricted or if it requires a standard licence, tachograph analysis software anomalies, cases where vehicles have been involved in accidents causing death, director insolvency issues, prohibition and overloading amongst others.
Alongside representing companies, members have appeared on behalf of civilian and military drivers for driver conduct hearings before the Traffic Commissioners.
In the vast majority of cases we will not accept Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiry instructions on a direct access basis. We do however have a very specialist knowledge of, and superb working relationship with, the leading specialist solicitors covering all areas of transport law and regulatory compliance areas. We are able to advise and assist clients in relation to identifying and instructing the very best legal team for their case.