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THE LONG BARN
Fornham Business Court, Fornham St Martin
BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK
IP31 1SL
England
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Tim Ridyard
Work Department
Transport & Shipping
Position
Partner and Head of Transport Law
Career
Tim is a partner who qualified as a solicitor in 1990, who specialises in advising and representing businesses and individuals in regulatory matters, including regulatory criminal cases, in particular guiding them through investigations and defending any subsequent prosecution or regulatory action being taken in courts or other tribunals.
Whilst he advises clients in all industry sectors his particular niche is in the field of road transport regulatory law, assisting goods and passenger operators, not least in the area of operator licensing, drivers’ hours, construction and use, maintenance, driver conduct and compliance.
He regularly represents operators and transport managers at Traffic Commissioner public inquiries as well as in the Magistrates’ Crown and Crown Court (The Office of the Traffic Commissioner for the East of England is located in Cambridge easily accessible from Ashtons Legal’s office).
Tim is a well-known and frequent contributor of legal updates and comment in the road transport commercial press and legal journals.
His casework includes cases such as those brought by Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Trading Standards, Health & Safety Executive (HSE), Environment Agency, police and local government, amongst others
Tim is able to represent clients in all criminal courts through his Higher Rights (Criminal) qualification.
He is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport (CMILT).
Tim is National Rank 1 Road Transport Regulatory Lawyer: Chambers & Partners Guide and is also named as a ‘Leading Individual’ in the Legal 500.
Languages
English, Swedish, German
Memberships
Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport
Law Society
Education
1976-9 Newcastle University BA Hons Combined Studies
1979-80 Durham University – Postgraduate Certificate of Education
1986-7 Trent Polytechnic – CPE
1987-8 Trent Polytechnic – Law Society Finals
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Transport > Transport and shipping
(Leading individuals)The practice at Ashtons Legal is heavily involved in road transport regulatory matters, in which it undertakes a high volume of hearings before Traffic Commissioners. The group frequently represents operators and transport managers in public inquiries. Tim Ridyard in Bury St Edmunds has vast expertise in dispensing regulatory advice, and representing operators in the goods and passenger road transport sectors, frequently appearing before the Magistrates and Crown Courts. Ridyard maintains an operator licensing focused practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Transport > Transport and shipping
- Transport and shipping East Anglia > Transport
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia