The small team at Ashtons Legal focuses on road transport, regulatory and business defence matters, and clients receive ‘very quick responses and exemplary service’. Lead partner Tim Ridyard in Bury St Edmunds is ’a pleasure to work with’. He frequently represents operators and transport managers at Public Inquiry and other hearings before Traffic Commissioners and in criminal courts. The firm predominantly acts for a national roster of companies in the transport and logistics business, and much of its work concerns operator licensing, drivers’ hours, construction, licensing, driver employment issues and compliance.
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‘We get a very quick response when we need to gain advice from Ashtons Legal. They always come back in time before any deadlines are required and provide an exemplary service for us.’
‘Tim Ridyard is our lead council on all matters and is a pleasure to work with.’
Key clients
- RSK Group Ltd
- Mick George Limited
- Roger Warnes Transport Ltd
- FA Hawkins Ltd
- Nick Brown Transport Ltd
- B P Mitchell Haulage Contractors Ltd
Work highlights
Retained to provide advice to very large group with turnover in excess of £1bn comprising numerous companies in diverse environmental, waste and engineering activities. The work continues to centre on due diligence, reviewing and auditing compliance and applying for new operator’s licences for subsidiaries.
Retained as an outsourced legal adviser by a regional water utility to provide ongoing road transport advice for fleet management, operator licencing, testing, driver licensing and training, vehicles and drivers’ hours rules.
Representing a company with regard to a large drivers’ hours records and falsification investigation conducted by DVSA leading to prosecution. Involves advising on systems compliance, analysis of evidence and large number of drivers interviewed.
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Practice head
Tim Ridyard