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Richard Dawson was instructed by DAC Beachcroft to represent a prominent logistics company before the Traffic Commissioner. The Operator had been called to a preliminary hearing after one of their vehicles was involved in a bridge strike incident. The TC was persuaded that lessons had been learnt following this incident…Read more

Mill Manager Peter Shingler was today acquitted of all health & safety counts relating to the Bosley Mill explosion in July 2015 in which four people died. Mr Shingler was represented by Malcolm Galloway (Crown Office Chambers) and Lucy Wright (Lincoln house Chambers), who were instructed…Read more

Hugh Barton has successfully prosecuted four serving Merseyside police officers in a trial which concluded yesterday at Liverpool’s Nightingale Court in the Liverpool Hilton. The four were convicted by the jury of Assault Occasioning ABH and Perverting the Course of Justice. The officers had attended a property in Southport to…Read more

A month on from the sentence of two Directors of Prime Biomass Ltd Andrew Thomas QC & Samantha Riggs form Lincoln House Chambers have co-authored an article with Dr. Anna Willetts, Partner at Gunnercooke, which provides interesting analysis of the case and the lessons that can be learned. For the…Read more

Richard Dawson represented an LGV driver for an international logistics company who had been called to a Driver Conduct Hearing following a bridge strike. Vehicles striking bridges or other road infrastructure pose a significant risk to occupants of those vehicles and other road users.  Such collisions also result in disruption to the…Read more

Richard Dawson was instructed by Kathryn Lucas at The Environment Practice to represent both the Operator and the Transport Manager of a livestock haulage company, who had been called to Public Inquiry. In both cases, the Traffic Commissioner was persuaded that there should be no loss of repute or, in…Read more

A driver, FE, was cleared of wrongdoing after pulling across the path of an oncoming motorcycle, whose rider was tragically killed in the ensuing collision. In what was to be her final Jury trial before retirement, a Judge in Preston, who had presided over the original trial, ruled that there…Read more

Richard Dawson defending, retained the Operator’s Licence for a prominent recycling firm in circumstances where a number of shortcomings had been identified and revocation of the O Licence was a real possibility. Historic administrative failures in updating records with the Office of the Traffic Commissioner led to the calling of…Read more

Lee Hughes, instructed by Hannah Betton and Emma Bracewell of DWF, has secured a not guilty verdict for his client after a four-day trial at Lincoln Crown Court. The defendant, a professional driver, was charged with causing death by careless driving following a collision between his Large Goods Vehicle and…Read more