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Free legal advice at the CV Show
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Have you got a question about road transport law that you would like to sit down and discuss with an expert? Well, here's your chance. Following last year's success, Commercial Motor will be repeating our free legal clinic at this year's CV Show which takes place in Birmingham on 5-7 April.
Readers who ring our legal hotline can book a half-hour appointment with one of a number of professional transport lawyers who will be resident on Commercial Motor's stand for the duration of the show, Participating lawyers will include Backhouse Jones; Barker Gotelee and Hill Dickinson.
With the Working Time Regulations coming into force next month this is the perfect opportunity to try to unravel any problems you reckon the new law will cause in your business.
How will it affect holiday entitlement? How will a 'period of availability be defined? What kind of records do you need to keep during each reference period? How does a rolling reference period differ from a fixed reference period? What are the penalties if you fall foul of the law?
Our experts will be able to answer all these questions and more.
Alternatively, your question might be about licensing, drivers' hours, axle weights, the penalty points system, employment legislation, public inquiries, appeals, tribunals, digital tachographs or any other issue concerning road transport law.
Meet our legal editor
Commercial Motor's legal editor Patric Cunnane will also be on hand each day of the show to meet readers.
So come and tell us what issues you would like covered in these pages to help keep your business legal, professional and profitable. •