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Impossible really for this case in the last 24 hours (cyclist hits pedestrian in Dalston and flees the scene )not to give me mixed feelings. I have dealt with so many hit and run cases for cyclists over the years and have several ongoing at present. I always do.

Being able to walk 15 minutes to work or cycle it in 5 minutes is a lovely position to be in. A slight downside for me is not being able to enjoy the workout of a more demanding cycle ride.

Partly as a result , my lady and I have taken to cycling east to the ...

Saw the very sad news last night that the pedestrian involved in a collision with a cyclist on an ebike in Dalston over a week ago has died. I had been following the story in the hope that she would make it but sadly not.

These incidents of pedestrians being ...

Yesterday , the HGV driver was sentenced to 15 months for Carla's death by careless driving which he denied.What stands out in this case is that the driver freely admitted that he occupied the cycle box deliberately, so that he ''wouldn't be swarmed b...

My sister has three weeks ago given birth to a baby girl, hooray!, and lives on the Friern Barnet side of Muswell Hill.

This is one serious amount of hilly cycling .

On the way back to Stoke Newington, I counted two stiff climbs, one up Colney Hatch L...

I've spent more time than I should today reading the TFL Cycling Action Plan which is an impressive piece of work.

Why ? It's a long term document, trying to look ahead not just to the next mayoral term but to 2024 and even to 2040 with objectives of ...

I had the pleasure this week of attending a head injury course for two days in Wimbledon. This meant a lovely long cycle .With my bike in the bike shop, it was hire bike time and I did a real coast to coast , well in London terms.

I've long campaigned for...

Excited about a long cycle to Wimbledon tomorrow for my last day on a brain injury course.13.2 miles Strava says it is from Stoke Newington to Wimbledon. My daily cycle commute is less than half a mile and I meet so many cyclists in my work who travel big distances l...

So I cycled to Spurs on their opening night , a fairly wild night of weather that would have deterred a few fairweather cyclists .

But the transport headache that was already bad enough in the old ground were much worse in the new one, the small matter of 25,...

Did a presentation for the second year running on my Cycle to the Lane idea for Spurs fans to cycle to their new ground. The best thing about doing a talk like this is the ideas that you hadn't thought of which people suggest to you afterwards and the people you ...

Successfully concluded a substantial case last week for a cyclist badly injured at a roundabout in Southampton by a DVD van driver who failed to give way . Client in his 40's was transferred from Portsmouth to Southampton because of the complexity of his fracture...

I was telephoned last night ,while watching the Tory leadership debate, to be invited for an interview on LBC this morning on the Nick Ferrari show about this case , just decided at 50/50 at Central London County Court.

Sadly, some breaking news meant they co...

Looking forward to two back to back hearings tomorrow at the Royal Courts of Justice,one of the lovely things about running your own firm is doing your own advocacy.

I had to request the listings office at the High Court to move one hearing an hour back since...

Delighted to report a success against the mighty Uber in a claim against one of their drivers. The unusual feature was that it was a passenger , not the driver , who opened the door. Representing cyclists for so long means that we have extensive experience of these c...

We finished a claim this week for ,Jack, a software developer client who had a head injury following a lorry collision .He was cycling with friends to go climbing one Saturday near Elephant and Castle when the cycling accident happened.

Like many head injured...

This time, it's an ongoing case and a long chat today with a barrister over the use of a vehicle and whether the passenger's act in opening the door constitutes use of the vehicle.

It seems to me that large scale insurers , eg Uber and Addison Lee , a...

I've blogged before on this issue, Uber  and Addison Lee passengers opening doors into the path of  cyclists.

It's likely to be a recurring theme, since they are determined ,and they have the resources of course , to avoid liability for the ...

It's impossible to focus on anything other than coronavirus at present but a news story tonight almost made me scream!

Derbyshire police have had to tell people to 'stay local' to exercise or walk their dog after people are driving to the Peak Dis...

Incredible story in today's Guardian,studies showing that people living in urban areas of high NO2 nitrogen dioxide are more susceptible to catching Covid 19.

If true, this is climate change dynamite and will only add to the growing sense of a desire to b...

Yesterday, I had a wonderful experience cycling through London as my one daily exercise blast.I left the office in Stoke Newington at 2 pm with a plan to return around 4pm  and I realised very early on that i could for once stick to the main roads instead of the...