Road transport regulatory

Providing advice and legal support in all areas of road transport regulation for the passenger transport and logistics markets

Road transport regulations present a complex and ever changing set of rules designed to protect operators, drivers, passengers and other road users. Their scope encompasses everything from vehicle maintenance and safety standards, to drivers hours, axle load levels and dangerous driving. What’s more, their application involves a similarly broad spectrum of bodies, including public inquiries, tribunals and criminal courts.

Weightmans’ Road Transport Regulatory Team can provide expert advice and representation for all sizes of operator, from small owner-operated fleets to multinational logistics organisations, including bus and coach operators and road hauliers.

We can offer experienced, expert representation for clients at public inquiries before the Traffic Commissioner and the Transport Appeals Tribunal and assist with Health and Safety Executive investigations, as well as defending prosecutions for all levels of tachograph, driving and maintenance offences, right through to serious criminal charges such as causing death by dangerous driving.