by admin | Jan 9, 2019 | Taxi Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The Government has laid Regulations in Parliament that will make it mandatory for council’s to regularly upload certain taxi & PH data to a national database. The Air Quality (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales)...
by admin | Jan 8, 2019 | Taxi Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow The regulation of hackney carriage fares is a discretionary power “A district council may fix the rates or fares within the district” (s.65 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976). All council’s do however regulate hackney...
by admin | Dec 31, 2018 | Case Study, Taxi Legal
Licensing barrister and head of Taxi Defence Barristers, Stephen McCaffrey, was asked to comment on a Times article on the growing “doing lifts” industry. The request was made to Stephen after his “Doing lifts” article highlighting the dangers of this unlawful...
by Webmaster | Dec 31, 2018 | Taxi Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Introduction In recent months, the debate on the legalities of cross-border hiring has seen no abating. There have been several judicial decisions on the matter and of course the taxi finish and task group has made recommendations to...
by Webmaster | Dec 19, 2018 | Taxi Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow This week, Uber was successful in appealing a decision of Brighton and Hover Council not to renew its operating licence. Whilst the appeal was heard in the Magistrates Court and therefore carries no strict judicial authority, the conclusions...
by Webmaster | Dec 16, 2018 | Case Study, Taxi Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Taxi Defence Barristers have successfully appealed a taxi licence revocation in Basildon Crown Court. The case Our client, Mr A, had his dual licence revoked by the council following an e-mail from police officers who attended his home address...
