by Freeman & Co. | Sep 1, 2015 | Car Parking Fines, Freeman & Co. Solicitors, Mobile Phone Penalties, Motoring Offences, Mr Loophole, Nick Freeman, The Art Of The Loophole
Manchester City Council has generated more than £7.5 million in the last five years from motorists straying into bus lanes. The data, released through a Freedom of Information request, shows the fines exceeded more than £2.1m alone for the financial year 2014/15. This...
by Freeman & Co. | Aug 20, 2015 | Car Parking Fines, Crime, Driving Offences, Fixed Penalty, Freeman & Co. Solicitors, Motoring Offences, Mr Loophole, Nick Freeman
The Foreign Office has told MPs that the country is owed nearly £90m in outstanding congestion charges by foreign diplomats and dignitaries. It was also revealed that 14 serious and significant offences were committed by those that had diplomatic immunity. Driving...
by Freeman & Co. | Jul 13, 2015 | Car Parking Fines, Driving Offences, Freeman & Co. Solicitors, Motoring Offences, Mr Loophole, Nick Freeman, Nick Freeman News
Manufacturers of “silent” electric cars will face substantial civil claims for accident-related damages if they don’t fit synthetic noises to their vehicles, loophole lawyer Nick Freeman has warned. The country’s leading traffic lawyer said the addition of a sound to...
by Freeman & Co. | Mar 11, 2015 | Car Parking Fines, Freeman & Co. Solicitors, Motoring Offences, Mr Loophole, Nick Freeman, Nick Freeman News
New legislation which will remove a cap on fines could see highly-paid individuals – such as Premier League footballers – having to pay well into six figures for a wide range of motoring offences, including careless driving, Loophole lawyer Nick Freeman has...
by Freeman & Co. | Aug 26, 2014 | Car Parking Fines, Mobile Phone Penalties, Nick Freeman
Parking fines worth millions of pounds have been written off because local authorities are unwilling to track down the owners of unregistered non-UK cars. One council alone has written off three quarters of a million pounds of parking debts in the last year. Non-UK...
by Freeman & Co. | Aug 12, 2014 | Car Parking Fines, Fixed Penalty, Freeman & Co. Solicitors, Nick Freeman
The debate over whether councils should be allowed to spend money raised from parking tickets won’t die down. Recent reports have suggested that there is a considerable surplus of money made from parking tickets when compared to the amount of money that is spent by...
