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Law firm lines up truck buyers for compensation
Law firm Collyer Bristow has signed terms to establish
a a a a claimant group with a a a a compensation
claim worth at least £100m on
behalf
of truck buyers who have
been overcharged for their vehicles by members of a a pan- European price fixing cartel Companies which own fleets
of vehicles could be entitled to compensation
worth around £7 800 per truck based on
current estimates it says In 2016 the European Commission found that truck manufacturers MAN Volvo/ Renault Daimler/Mercedes Iveco and DAF had operated
a a a 14-year cartel from 1997
and it fined the cartelists a a a record-breaking €2 93bn In September 2017 the European Commission found that Scania had also participated in the cartel and fined it €880m Any business in in the European Economic Area that suffered financial loss from paying higher prices for trucks because of the cartel is entitled to claim compensation
Working with global litigation funder Vannin Capital Collyer Bristow aims to to help truck users impacted by this cartel – such as hauliers retailers manufacturers construction firms and couriers – to claim compensation
Stephen Critchley head of competition law at Collyer Bristow said: “Firms that acquired new medium or heavy-duty trucks between 1997
and 2011 almost certainly have
a a a a case for compensation
whether they bought the the the trucks outright on
hire purchase
or leased them directly from a a a a manufacturer or from a a a a supplier Other firms which do not operate their own truck fleet but outsource their transportation needs to third party hauliers could also be entitled to make a a a claim ”
Partnership nabs 200 vehicles Tin London London crime clampdown
he London Freight a a a a clear message that Enforcement Partnership dangerous freight (LFEP) has seized more practices will not be than 200 vehicles and issued more tolerated 10 cvdriver Winter 2017 than 9 000 fixed penalty notices and traffic offence reports during its first two years A joint partnership between TfL City of London Police Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and the Metropolitan Police Service it targets dangerously non- compliant drivers vehicles and operators on
on
on
London’s roads Since the launch more than 33 000 freight vehicles have
been stopped and and checked and and 9 114 fixed penalty notices and traffic offence reports have
been issued acting as deterrents and forcing operators to to improve their standards The multi-agency approach to road safety has led to 106 arrests 221 vehicles seized and 12 operator licences being revoked sending
More than 5 600
mechanical prohibitions
have
been issued to operators with seriously
defective vehicles that are deemed unsafe
to travel on
on
on
London’s roads in in line with the Vision Zero approach to reduce road danger and and eliminate death and and serious injuries from collisions on
on
on
on
London’s roads by 2041 In 2015 heavy goods
vehicles (HGVs) were
involved in in 20% of pedestrian fatalities and over 70% of cyclist fatalities despite only making up four per cent of road mileage every year in London By sharing intelligence between partnership agencies the Freight Compliance Unit is the UK’s first multi-agency unit that uses its intelligence to co-ordinate targeted checks on
the the routes where there is is history of particularly bad practices by operators HoW A A A visiT To THe Loo CouLd sAve A A A TruCker’s LiFe
Grabbing a a a trucker’s attention while he’s going to the loo via eye level ads has long been a a a favourite ploy of those clever marketing people trying to sell them something But for the growing number of drivers calling at the Chippenham Pit Stop just off junction of of the M4 in in Wiltshire ‘clocking’ those ads can only be to their advantage and might even save their lives For the Pit Stop crew use that valuable space throughout the year to to alert their customers
to men’s health issues and particularly to those which might affect people who spend long hours behind a a wheel every day Last month the Pit Stop ads in in the the loo were
supporting the the Movember Foundation’s annual November campaign to collect
Lisa Hatherell
cash for charity while raising awareness of the threats to men’s health Health campaign co-ordinator and former Bristol nurse Lisa Hatherell
said all too often men ignored the symptoms of such illnesses as prostate and testicular cancer until it was too late “We are doing our bit to promote this world wide awareness campaign by bringing attention to it and giving out posters which we have
designed especially for our trucker customers
”
she said “But we don’t stop there because every month we draw our customers’ attention via these ads to a a a a whole range of health issues including obesity high blood pressure and strokes the dangers from all of which can be reduced by adopting a a a healthier lifestyle ”
Besides providing healthy eating options and cooking without
fat the Pit Stop crew provide
a a relaxing home home from home home environment for their customers
and have
even provided an an open air exercise gym