City law firm Davies Lavery is taking steps to help hauliers pay stowaway fines.
Following its success in persuading the High Court to strike down the government's civil penalty process last week, Davies Lavery wants to help hauliers recover penalties or secure the return of impounded property.
Davies Lavery, on behalf of Turkish haulier Barsan Global Lojistik AS, successfully claimed that the clandestine entrant provisions in the UK Immigration and Asylum Act were incompatible with European Law in regard to road carriage.
The firm has now posted a registration page on its website, www.davies-lavery.co.uk, encouraging road haulage operators and their drivers, who may have already paid penalties or had vehicles impounded, to contact it.
Kay Pysden, a partner with Davies Lavery, said: "We are already acting on behalf of a significant number of owners, hirers, operators and drivers who have been served with notices and would encourage all who have suffered under the current system to come forward.
"If the Government's appeal fails, recovery action will follow, and we expect to launch a series of specimen claims to ensure those in the haulage industry who have suffered losses are fully compensated."
