New Licence Granted with Formal Warning at Public Inquiry After Change of Entity

The operator in this matter, represented at Public Inquiry by Barrister Harry Bowyer, incorporated his business on his accountant’s advice as a limited company without thinking of the effect on his operator’s licence. The actual effect was that the business operated without a licence for four years until a visit from the DVSA pointed out the problem. The Traffic Commissioner accepted that they were “basically compliant” operator who believed that they were doing the right thing. As soon as the operator knew that they were in trouble they instructed a transport consultant and SBC to address the situation and put in an application for the new entity. The Traffic Commissioner allowed the surrender of the old licence and granted the new licence as applied for with a formal warning.