Fiona Pawsey, Author at Newnham & Jordan Solicitors

Highway code Wednesday-Rule 227

10/02/2016 by Fiona Pawsey in Road Traffic Law

The Highway Code applies to England, Scotland and Wales and is essential reading for everyone. Rule 227 Wet weather. In wet weather, stopping distances will be at least double those required for stopping on dry roads (see ‘Typical stopping distances’) . This is because your tyres have less grip on […]

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Drink Driving at Christmas Time

14/12/2015 by Fiona Pawsey in Road Traffic Law

It’s almost Christmas again. And police forces up and down the country are already watching out vigilantly for motorists suspected of being over the legal limit. The annual Government anti-drink driving campaign has been launched warning of the consequences of a second drink. And in North Yorkshire a story has […]

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Health & Safety Update

01/12/2015 by Fiona Pawsey in Personal Injury

The consequences of problems with scaffolding were highlighted by a recent case heard in Chelmsford Magistrates Court. Three companies working on construction of residential apartments have been sentenced after workers narrowly escaped injury when a major piece of scaffolding collapsed. On 1st July 2014 a scaffold, forty metres in length […]

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Driving Tests-Cashback is Coming

19/11/2015 by Fiona Pawsey in Road Traffic Law

As internet shoppers many of us will be familiar with the idea of cashback on your shopping. It’s always a welcome extra benefit. Well cashback could soon be coming to driving tests fees also. The government have plans to pay cashback to learner drivers who pass their test at the […]

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Speeding in the headlines again

12/11/2015 by Fiona Pawsey in Road Traffic Law

Readers may have seen an item in the news in the past week about the plans in Bedfordshire to introduce a zero tolerance approach to speeding on that county’s motorway (the M1). For a long time motorists have been used to knowing that, so long as they are sensible, no […]

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Even Non Smokers Will Have to Take Note of The New Law on Smoking in Cars

08/10/2015 by Fiona Pawsey in Road Traffic Law

The motorist is faced with an almost constant barrage of new legislation these days but the new law on smoking in cars must make sense from a health point of view. There’s been plenty of publicity on the subject but it’s well worth mentioning the change in the law affecting […]

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Even Non Smokers Will Have to Take Note of The New Law on Smoking in Cars

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