Jack Trowsdale joined JMW in February 2026 as a Senior Associate in the Commercial Road Transport Department.
Having previously led the Road Transport Regulation offering at a global law firm, Jack has extensive experience advising all types of operator licence holders from single vehicle operators to FTSE 100 companies.
Jack regularly presents to industry groups and associations on how the legal landscape is evolving in the road transport industry, and keeping them informed of developments he says play out before the various Traffic Commissioners.
Work
- Advising and representing operators at public inquiries and preliminary hearings
- Upper Tribunal appeals
- Advising and representing drivers at driver conduct hearings
- Responding to DVSA Desk Based Assessments (DBAs) and maintenance investigations (MIVRs)
- Operator Licensing – applications for new Operator’s Licences and variations to existing Operator’s Licences
- Planning and managing operator licence restructures
- Advising on complex environmental objections
- Opposing clandestine entrant civil penalties
Highlights
- Advising on a full operator licence restructure for one of the UK's largest supermarket chains
- Successfully appealing the Scottish Traffic Commissioner in the Upper Tribunal, Edinburgh
- Successfully appealing Northern Ireland's Transport Regulation Unit in the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast
- Advising an international airport on their licence requirements for non-standard vehicles that drift in and out of scope of operator licensing
- Advising on a DVSA Desk Based Assessment for one of the largest multi-licence couriers and avoiding the matter being dealt with at a Public Inquiry
- Lobbying the Department for Transport (DfT) for change on behalf of clients as part of the industry consultation surrounding the way in which clandestine entrant civil penalties would be imposed in the future
- Managing a standalone project that saw the creation and roll out of a product that provides international hauliers who are looking to set-up in the UK with a one-stop-shop for all of their legal needs