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HGV, Haulage and Logistics Operations
Here at Pellys Transport & Regulatory Law solicitors, we have been specialising in advising heavy goods vehicle operators for over 35 years. We have advised HGV operators across the breadth of the road haulage industry, including logistics, restricted licence holders and those involved in transporting dangerous goods. Whatever your concern and whatever your type of road transport business, Pellys Transport & Regulatory Law solicitors can help. The list below gives a brief overview of just some of the areas where we can help protect your HGV business;
- HGV operator and driver licensing
- General regulatory compliance
- DVSA, HSE and police investigations
- Requests for information or assistance from DVSA, the Police and/or the Office of the Traffic Commissioner
- Interviews under caution
- Restricted licence operations
- Waste disposal and scrap metal operations and the regulations applicable to them
- Road traffic accidents/collisions, incidents involving serious injuries and fatalities, and any subsequent Police investigations
- Road traffic prosecutions – speeding, drink driving, careless driving etc.
- Road transport regulation prosecutions – drivers’ hours offences, tachograph falsifications, dangerous vehicles etc.
- Working time regulations compliance
- Advice and representation at Public Inquiry
- Appeals of Public Inquiry decisions to the Upper Tribunal (formerly the Transport Tribunal)
- Employment advice, provision of contracts of employment, service agreements and staff handbooks
- Advice and representation in Employment Tribunal proceedings
- Health & Safety advice
- Commercial disputes including advice and representation in litigation through the civil courts
If you would like to speak to us about any of the above, or any other issue that your haulage business is facing then call now on 01279 818280
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An Apple a Day to Keep the DVLA Away – A review of the DVLA’s Rules on Health Checks for Professional Drivers
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Revisiting the DVSA’s Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness
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Latest Haulage & Logistics News and Insight
Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme Gets Overhaul by UK Border Force
In January 2026 the Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme (CECPS) was given a major overhaul by the UK Government following lobbying and campaigning by organisations such as the Road Haulage Association…
Abnormal Loads – Calls for Changes to Law for Abnormal Loads Needing Police Escorts
Recently in the trade press there have been articles reporting calls from the UK’s Heavy Transport Association (HTA) for the law to be changed regarding police escorting of abnormal loads….
DVLA Confirms New Rules for Professional Drivers Living with Diabetes
From Friday 7th November 2025 the rules were changed to allow diabetic drivers of PSV’s and HGV’s to monitor their glucose levels using Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems….
Carrying Your Own: Horses to Widgets? Do you Need an O Licence?
The DVSA recently released a press release about the rules for transporting horses in horse boxes and trailers following an update on the guidance about using a tachograph in the vehicle being used to transport the animals…
The Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Statutory Guidance
The value of The Statutory Guidance Documents and the importance to operators, nominated transport managers and other professionals involved in the operation and driving of large commercial vehicles cannot be overstated…
Walkaround Checks – Where Road Safety Starts
Every day, often before the sun is above the horizon, hundreds of thousands of commercial vehicles are started up by their drivers and then they head out on to the UK’s road network to transport goods or passengers from one point to another, often with demanding time constraints thrown into the mix…
Traffic Commissioner’s Annual Report 2024/25: “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
Time has flown by and once again we find that the schools are back after the long summer break and the Office of the Traffic Commissioner has issued its annual report to the Secretary of State, providing a review of the year…
An Apple a Day to Keep the DVLA Away – A review of the DVLA’s Rules on Health Checks for Professional Drivers
There has been some discussion in the industry trade press recently that has highlighted proposed changes to how the disease of diabetes is monitored in professional drivers by the DVLA. One article in RouteOne Magazine stated that…
Light Goods – Heavyweight Industry: The DVSA’s New LGV Strategy
While relatively small in overall physical size light goods vehicles (LGVs) are now a large part of the UK road transport industry. There are currently estimated to be over 5.1 million light goods vehicles on UK roads today…
Revisiting the DVSA’s Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness
In April 2025 the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) issued the latest edition of its Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness.
The Wheels on the Bus go Round & Round….but how do they Stop?
At the tail end of 2024 a Public Inquiry was held in front of Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney where the subject of brake maintenance practices was called into question…
Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme for Commercial Vehicle Workshops is Launched
One of the key tenants of running a commercial vehicle operation, whether ‘HGV’ or ‘PSV’ is that the maintenance of the vehicles is paramount. For some operators this will mean having their own maintenance facilities and teams to look after their fleet of vehicles in house, but the majority of operators in the UK are reliant on 3rd Party maintenance providers…
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