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“An
d, b
ecause w
e have su
ch a
lon
g backgro
un
d in
transp
ort,
we
un
derstan
d
the
sorts
of
issues, an
d u
niq
ue asp
ects that
op
erators d
eal with
.”T
he
histo
ry o
f H
amm
on
ds
goes
back
to
Alb
ert V
ictor
Ham
mo
nd
setting u
p in
practice
on
his ow
n acco
un
t in B
radfo
rdin
1887. Bu
t the recen
t and
dram
atic h
istory
of
the
firmreally co
mm
enced
in 1988 w
hen
A.V.
Ham
mo
nd
m
erged
with
ano
ther B
radfo
rd law
firm, Last
Sud
dard
s, to
fo
rm
Ham
mo
nd
Sud
dard
s. W
ithin
the last 15 years, th
efirm
has d
evelop
ed to
beco
me
on
e of th
e largest law firm
s in th
eU
K, an
d a m
emb
er of th
e Glo
bal
100 list of th
e wo
rld’s lead
ing law
firms. H
amm
on
ds n
ow p
ractisesin
the U
K (B
irmin
gham
, Leeds,
Lo
nd
on
an
d
Man
chester),
Belgiu
m,
Spain
, G
erman
y,Fran
ce and
Ch
ina.
You
migh
t thin
k that th
e on
lytim
e you
need
legal help
is wh
enth
ings
have
gon
e w
ron
g. B
ut
often
, yo
u
will
find
th
atp
reventio
n is b
etter than
cure.
For
examp
le, th
e tran
spo
rtin
du
stry is
on
e th
at o
ftenem
ploys staff in
the ‘trad
ition
al’m
ann
er, inclu
din
g no
t havin
gco
ntracts o
f emp
loymen
t. If you
rem
ployees d
on’t h
ave con
tractso
f emp
loymen
t it’s an issu
e you
need
to d
eal with
imm
ediately. If
you
do
n’t, then
you
are expo
sing
you
rself to a p
oten
tial mo
un
taino
f legal
trou
ble,
wh
ileem
ploym
ent trib
un
als will take
an extrem
ely dim
view if yo
u en
du
p in
fron
t of th
em.
A b
ig issue can
be p
eop
le wh
oregu
larly w
ork
for
you
o
n
a‘co
ntract’ b
asis at you
r prem
ises(fo
r examp
le ‘freelance’ fitters)
bu
t then
after a disp
ute, claim
that th
ey were ‘em
ployed
’. Th
ereh
ave been
a nu
mb
er of cases
arou
nd
th
is asp
ect, an
d
the
op
erator
rarely w
ins.
Em
ploym
ent law
has ch
anged
inrecen
t years and
op
erators n
eedto
make su
re that th
eir practices
will n
ot leave th
em exp
osed
. �
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RY:LEGAL H
ELPLINE
It d
oesn’t m
atter how
goo
d an
op
erator yo
u are, as so
on
asyo
u p
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aches, b
uses o
rm
inib
uses o
ut o
n th
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m
ix it
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ther
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s, cyclists
and
th
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eral pu
blic th
en, to
pu
t itp
olitely, ‘stu
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pen
s.W
ith ‘n
o-w
in, n
o-fee’ law
yersch
asing yo
u after an
acciden
t –o
r alleged accid
ent – it’s easy to
get su
cked
into
a
mire
of
disp
utes. W
ith m
ost o
perato
rsh
aving a h
igh excess o
n th
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suran
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olicy,
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ldm
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at you
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row
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deal w
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e aftermath
.T
his m
ay be straigh
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ardm
ost o
f the tim
e (for a gen
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ut in
evitably, th
ereare tim
es wh
en yo
u w
ill need
help.T
he q
uestio
n th
en is: ‘w
ho
totu
rn to
?’H
app
ily, in
an
exclu
sivearran
gemen
t, routeone
has
teamed
up
with
leadin
g law firm
Ham
mo
nd
s to o
ffer a free legal‘h
elplin
e’.To
use it is very easy: go
to o
ur
ho
me p
age – ww
w.ro
ute-o
ne.n
et– an
d click o
n th
e ‘Ham
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k at the to
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ill op
en a sim
ple fo
rm fo
r you
to co
mp
lete, with
you
r details
and
an
o
utlin
e o
f w
hat
the
pro
blem
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amm
on
ds p
rom
ises a rapid
respo
nse - alm
ost im
med
iatelyfo
r very urgen
t issues - o
r with
in24 h
ou
rs for ro
utin
e matters.
You
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ear from
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r atH
amm
on
ds, w
ho
will talk th
eissu
e th
rou
gh
with
yo
u,
provid
ing in
itial advice.
An
d, b
est of all, th
is service isfree. Yo
u w
on’t h
ear the so
un
d o
fa
‘ticking
clock’
in
the
backgro
un
d
that
switch
es to
chargin
g after, say, 10 min
utes.
No
r is there a tim
e limit fo
r this
free initial co
nsu
ltation
.Fo
r transp
ort m
atters, you
will
be
speakin
g to
A
nd
rewSan
derso
n w
ho, h
aving sp
ent h
iscareer w
orkin
g with
the in
du
stry,is a So
licitor-A
dvo
cate, wh
ichm
eans
that
he
can
represen
tclien
ts as an ad
vocate in
a Crow
nC
ou
rt. In
oth
er wo
rds it’s a o
ne-sto
psh
op
; h
aving
dealt
with
a
solicito
r in th
e early stages of an
ylegal issu
e, if it gets elevated to
ah
igher
cou
rt th
an
the
magistrates,
An
drew
can
still
represen
t yo
u,
rather
than
a
separate b
arrister havin
g to b
een
gaged. V
ariou
s cases can en
du
p in
a Crow
n C
ou
rt, such
as
tho
se invo
lved w
ith h
ealth an
dsafety m
atters.Says A
nd
rew: “A
s well as th
eso
rts of issu
es that o
perato
rsreq
uire h
elp w
ith - su
ch as traffic
offen
ces, d
efend
ing
against
VO
SA at P
ub
lic Inq
uiry o
r O-
licence issu
es - there is a w
ho
leran
ge o
f o
ther
aspects
that
op
erators o
ften n
eed h
elp w
ith.
“Th
ese can
b
e h
ealth
and
safety, en
viron
men
tal an
din
creasingly
emp
loymen
tm
atters. Ham
mo
nd
s offers a fu
llservice, so
we also
deal w
ithco
mm
ercial and
civil litigation
,b
uyin
g and
selling b
usin
ess or
pro
perty m
atters.
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o yo
ug
on
na call?
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ill‘go legal’,so w
hat’s you
r next m
ove? Forfree,im
partial,advice then
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ew h
elpline,provided by solicitors
Ham
mon
ds,shou
ld be your first poin
tof call,reports M
el Holley
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entIt’s th
e ultim
ate nig
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are scenario
: you
get a call to tell yo
uth
at on
e of yo
ur d
rivers has b
een arrested
and
you
r coach
isim
po
un
ded
.Hap
pily,H
amm
on
ds’service is 2
4/
7,and
a matter
like this w
ill get an u
rgent resp
on
se.H
owever,legal h
elp is n
ot ju
st abo
ut th
e nasty th
ings in
life,yo
u can
also p
rotect yo
ur b
usin
ess (and
you
rself).How
ever,the
mo
st imp
ortan
t thin
g to
remem
ber is th
at wh
en faced
with
ap
rob
lem –
wh
ether it’s an
inju
ry claim o
r a PG
13 after a V
OS
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spectio
n –
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sho
uld
deal w
ith it p
rom
ptly.
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d,in
this latest routeone
initiative - o
pen
to all P
SV
op
erators –
we’ve w
orked
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d so
meth
ing
for free,to
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siness ru
n m
ore sm
oo
thly an
d m
ake you
r life that
little bit easier.
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drew
San
derso
n is
an A
ssociate b
ased in
the Lo
nd
on
Office.
His
particu
lar expertise
covers road
transp
ort
law in
clud
ing
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blic
Inq
uiries b
efore th
eTraffic C
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missio
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Ad
vocate w
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dien
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e Hig
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ou
rts bo
th C
rimin
al and
Civil.
An
drew
also lectu
res on
issues su
ch as co
rpo
rate man
slaug
hter,
corp
orate/d
irectors’resp
on
sibility.
Recen
t experien
ce inclu
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dvisin
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relation
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eath b
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pro
secutio
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epresen
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on
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freig
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spo
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ub
lic Inq
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befo
re the Traffic C
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missio
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d/o
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spo
rt A
pp
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nals.
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dvisin
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spo
rt op
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n ap
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d
variation
s of O
perato
rs Licences.
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dvisin
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perato
rs on
drivers’h
ou
rs po
licies.�
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resentin
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rivers/op
erators w
ho
are pro
secuted
for
variou
s road
traffic matters in
bo
th th
e Mag
istrates’and
C
rown
Co
urts in
clud
ing
; drivin
g w
itho
ut d
ue care,
overload
ing
offen
ces,and
a breach
of d
rivers’ho
urs.
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dvisin
g vario
us o
rganisatio
ns o
n w
ork d
riving
po
licies.�
Co
nd
uctin
g H
igh
Co
urt litigatio
n an
d Ju
dicial R
eviews in
relatio
n to
road
transp
ort m
atters.�
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resentin
g p
rivate ind
ividu
als pro
secuted
for vario
us ro
adtraffic o
ffences.
�R
epresen
tation
/advice fo
r drivers in
relation
to p
rotectio
n o
fth
eir drivin
g licen
ce.�
Rep
resentin
g tran
spo
rt com
pan
ies wh
o are in
vestigated
and
/or p
rosecu
ted b
y the H
ealth an
d S
afety Execu
tive.�
Ad
vising
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mp
any D
irectors in
PA
CE
interview
s.�
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pearin
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ehalf o
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isation
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divid
uals in
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urt.
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ND
RE
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DE
RS
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