by Freeman & Co. | Jan 26, 2026 | Fixed Penalty, Motoring Law Expert, Nick Freeman
Transport for London (TfL) has acknowledged that measures designed to reduce car usage in the capital — including Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and additional bus lanes — have, in some cases, contributed to increased congestion for drivers. The admission came...
by Freeman & Co. | Nov 3, 2022 | Fixed Penalty, Mr Loophole, Nick Freeman, Nick Freeman News, Road Traffic Expert, Speeding
Giving local councils authority to issue speeding fines will have a catastrophic impact on road safety , warns the country’s top criminal defence and road traffic lawyer. Since handing over power from the police will decriminalise such offences and so fail to...
by Freeman & Co. | Nov 16, 2021 | Dangerous Driving, Fixed Penalty, Freeman & Co. Solicitors, Motoring Law Expert, Motoring Offences, Mr Loophole, Nick Freeman, Nick Freeman News, Road Traffic Expert
Winter can turn drivers into accidental lawbreakers, warns the country’s leading road traffic and criminal defence lawyer Nick Freeman, better known as Mr Loophole for his ability to secure acquittals for A-list clients like David Beckham on legal...
by Freeman & Co. | Dec 25, 2017 | Dangerous Driving, Driving Offences, Fixed Penalty, Mobile Phone Penalties, Motoring Law Expert
In the six months following the new, tougher legislation on drivers using mobile phones at the wheel, almost 700 people in Surrey alone were handed fixed penalty notices for the offence. The new laws were introduced in March this year, six months after a cyclist was...
by Freeman & Co. | Sep 4, 2017 | Dangerous Driving, Driving Offences, Fixed Penalty, Mobile Phone Penalties, Motoring Offences, Mr Loophole
Operation Tramline, run by Surrey Police alongside Highways England, targeted dangerous, distracted, or anti-social drivers on motorways and major roads from July 31 to August 11. The police caught footage of 140 offences, including 79 using a mobile phone while...
by Freeman & Co. | Aug 21, 2017 | Driving Offences, Fixed Penalty, Freeman & Co. Solicitors, Mr Loophole, Nick Freeman, Road Traffic Expert
In 2014, the Dartford Tunnel Toll booths were replaced by the ‘Dart Charge’ in an effort to reduce congestion, however, recent figures show that 1,160,000 tolls which should have been paid have been avoided, and the fines passed to the European debt recovery agency...
