Nick Freeman

Nick Freeman (born 1956) is an English solicitor. Freeman is the owner of Manchester-based legal practice Freeman & Co. and is best known as a celebrity defence lawyer, specialising in traffic and speeding offences.

He has been nicknamed "Mr Loophole" by the British tabloid press, a soubriquet which he has since trademarked.

In his book The Art of the Loophole, published by Coronet, Freeman reveals his legal loophole secrets.

Freeman is Jewish and he was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland. His father was in retail, but warned him there would not be a business for him to take over. Although harbouring ambitions to become a professional golfer, he was persuaded to study law. Freeman completed his A-levels a year early, and went on to study law at Trent Polytechnic, followed by law school at the College of Law in Chester.

On graduation, Freeman became an Articled Clerk in Nottingham. He won an advocacy competition and was hired as a prosecutor for Greater Manchester Police in 1981. In 1983, he moved to a firm of criminal lawyers in Manchester and was a partner within six months. Aged 42, he left and set up Freeman & Co in Manchester. Freeman gained notoriety for getting acquittals for a number of high-profile celebrities and is reputed to be one of the highest paid lawyers in the UK. Freeman also still handles legal aid work and is on the Legal Services Commission’s specialist fraud panel. In January 2012 he was fined £60 for having a vehicle without a valid MOT.

On 30 October 2006, Freeman and one other man were arrested by Greater Manchester Police at premises in the centre of Manchester and held at a police station. The arrest was for suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by encouraging a client to lie under oath, and the arrest was on behalf of an investigation being undertaken by Gwent Police. Freeman denied the allegations, and after an extended release on bail, no charges were brought against him after it emerged that he had not spoken to the client.

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