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Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West

Backhouse Jones

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Earning praise for ‘punching above their weight’, the team at Backhouse Jones stands out for its expertise in the transport sector, acting for road haulage operators, logistics businesses, bus operators and trade associations. The practice is jointly steered by James Lomax and Steven Meyerhoff; Lomax specialises in employment and dispute resolution law, while Meyerhoff has extensive experience advising clients in the transport industry. Jonathon Backhouse routinely handles cases arising out of road transport, including VAT and duties tribunal appeals.
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Témoignages

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  • 'Strong technical skills, matched with leading sector knowledge in transport and logistics.’

  • ‘Steven Meyerhoff is a great technical lawyer, matched with strong client skills and ease to work with.'

  • 'Jonathan Backhouse is a great tactician and strong technical lawyer. Up and coming associates Ellie Kenyon and James Lomax. Ellie is a superb black letter lawyer and James is brilliant with clients.’

  • ‘The firm has an unrivalled logistics and haulage client base. They know the haulage industry backwards. Consistently punching above their weight e.g. lead solicitors in the trucks cartel litigation.'

  • ‘From top to bottom their dedication to their clients' interests is outstanding. Steven Meyerhoff is an outstanding lawyer with a real ability to distill complex legal issues down to understandable pithy advice.'

  • ‘BHJ are a unique firm in having market leading expertise in transport law, specifically road haulage and bus operations.’

  • ‘Steven Meyerhoff is a canny litigator who has picked up an exceptional role as adviser to the Road Haulage Association in its capacity as class representative for the haulage sector in collective proceedings against the trucks cartelists.’

  • ‘The whole team at BHJ demonstrate a level of customer care and attention that is consistently excellent.'

Clients clés

  • Road Haulage Association Limited
  • Rotala PLC
  • Abellio UK
  • British Association of Removers Limited
  • Warrington Borough Transport Limited
  • H Parkinson Haulage Limited
  • Knowles Transport Limited
  • Biffa
  • Blackpool Transport
  • Stagecoach Group plc

Points forts

  • Advising on the Road Haulage Association collective proceedings claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
  • Represented the Road Haulage Association in the R (PACCAR) v Competition Appeal Tribunal on a discrete but far reaching issue as to whether Litigation Funding Agreements.
  • Acted for Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) in seeking to impose a bus franchising scheme under the Bus Services Act 2017.

Avocats

Responsable de la pratique

Steven Meyerhoff; James Lomax

Autres avocats clés

Jonathon Backhouse