FollowFollowFollowFollow What’s changing The rules are changing if you’re an individual, company or any type of partnership applying for a licence for a: taxi driver private hire driver private hire vehicle operator If you make an application on or after 4 April 2022... FollowFollowFollowFollow The Department for Transport (DfT) has recently reaffirmed its stance that the Government will not introduce legislation to deal with cross border hiring. The department confirmed this in responses to questions at the recent LGA Licensing... FollowFollowFollowFollow The concept of ‘fit and proper’ is the cornerstone of hackney carriage and private hire licensing. In this article, we will focus on what the new statutory guidance says about criminal records checks. Much of the enquiries through to Taxi... FollowFollowFollowFollow The recently published hackney carriage and private hire statutory guidance has introduced, for the first time, a formal definition of ‘fit & proper’. This is a significant change for new applicants but also existing licence holders. In... FollowFollowFollowFollow Since the Government announced additional public health measures in England and Wales, there has been much debate about the requirement to wear masks in hackney carriages and PHVs and whether this might be reasonable grounds for refusing a... FollowFollowFollowFollow As the use of protective screens, separating drivers from passengers, are likely to increase in taxis and PHVs, we look at some of the legal considerations for drivers. Why protective screens? Social distancing requirements will be part of... Privacy & Cookies Policy
