by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Allied Vehicles have shared information regarding concerns about Certificates of Conformity in relation to Taxis and PHV’s. The information document addresses: Vehicles with retrofitted seating layouts; and Certificates of Conformity – what to look for. Read the...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Vaughan Gething, First Minister of Wales, confirmed plans to modernising taxi & PH licensing in a recent oral statement on the Welsh Government’s Legislative Programme. In the statement, Mr Gething said: “Llywydd, I now turn to those Bills that my...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
The consultation ran from 22 February to 8 April 2024. The consultation sought views on the principles that the SIA proposes should underpin its business approval scheme in future. These were: the case for change in principle the SIA’s emerging thinking on changes it...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
A taxi driver has lost his appeal against Luton Borough Council’s decision to revoke his licence after it was told he had behaved inappropriately towards a female passenger. The council revoked Achadur Rahman’s Private Hire Driver’s licence in May 2023. Mr...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
A FAREHAM Borough Council-licensed Uber driver has been hit with financial penalties of more than £1,000 and given eight points on his driving licence after he was caught illegally plying for hire for £10 fares in Reading, for a second time. Muhamad Ismail Mahumuthu...
by louis@instituteoflicensing.org | Jul 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The High Court has dismissed a challenge to a licensing authority’s use of remote hearings. Since 2020, the use of video conferencing technology to hold licensing hearings has become widespread. Walk Safe Security Services Ltd v London Borough of Lewisham [2024] EWHC...
