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Free legal clinic guides CM readers
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COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S free legal clinic show got off to a busy start with operators queuing up to ask questions about the Working Time Regulations, which became law on Monday.
Each operator had a 30-minute private consultation with a transport lawyer from the firms Backhouse Jones, Barker Gotelee and Hill Dickinson.
Many operators were worried about WTD issues such as periods of availability, exemptions for owner-drivers and record keeping — other topics included the impact of diabetes on holding an HGV licence, fuel duty and whether the government could be legally challenged for failing to support the industry.
CM legal editor Patric Cunnane was on hand to meet readers and find out what legal topics they would like more information on in the pages of CM.
For more info on the WTD see CM17 March special issue.