Overloaded Vehicle Not Used Plea Fails

• A plea that J. Wyatt Jr (Haulage) Ltd and two of its drivers could not be said to be "using" overloaded vehicles because they were being driven in accordance with instructions......

£360 Damages After 'flimsy Wedge' Fails

• Charles Rankin of Edinburgh has been awarded damages of £.360 against Miller and Co of Edinburgh following an accident arising from shifting of a load carried on a vehicle of......

'made To Exceed Hours' Alleges Driver

• A haulage driver, fined £35 for seven offences under the Transport Act, alleged at Leigh magistrates' court last week that he had been with a firm which made him work over the......