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Free legal advice at the NEC
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If you're coming to the CV show, bring your legal queries with you. Patric Cunnane explains how you can book a free consultation with a top transport lawyer.
There can be few people working in the road transport industry who fully understand the complicated legislation that governs our everyday lives.
I t's not only road transport law-employment, environmental,and health and safety legislation all have a huge effect on every workplace.As of last month,Scottish truck drivers face a £50 line for smoking in their cabs (see page 36) and transport managers who let them light up can be fined .£200. There's always something new to consider.
As a valued reader, we invite you to ring our legal hotline on 020 8652 3251 and book a 30minute slot at our legal clinic during the CV show in the NEC Birmingham on 25-27 April.
Consultations will take place on our stand from 9.30am until 4.30pm. You'll have a private one-to-one consultation with a lawyer specialising in the road transport industry. The choice of topic is yours but it may be that one of the following areas concerns you in particular: • Digital tachographs • Working Time Regulations • Driver CPC • Revised drivers' hours • Speeding penalties • International regulations • The 0-licence overhaul and the abolition of paper discs and multiple licences • Overloading • Abnormal loads • Exemptions from red diesel • Age discrimination (which becomes illegal in October) • Cabotage abuse • Preparing for a public inquiry Don't sit there wondering make your way to Birmingham and visit the CM stand. It helps if you can book an appointment on our legal hotline, giving us brief details of your question so our experts can come prepared. But if this isn't possible. don't worry: we'll try to accommodate you on whichever day you visit the show. Just introduce yourself at the stand and we'll either help you there and then or book you the first available appointment Participating lawyers include Jonathan Lawton,Backhouse Jones, Barker Gotelee and. new for this year,Woodfine Foinette Quinn. •