Archive: Public Inquiries
Transport Manager Troubles Lead to Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry – Licence Kept
This Operator, represented at Public Inquiry by Barrister Harry Bowyer, had their transport manager go sick. They applied for a period of grace. After some time the Transport Manager announced that they were fit again and were re engaged – this raised some questions with the Office of the Traffic […]
Application for Increase in Authorisation Leads to Public Inquiry
This Operator, represented at Public Inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, optimistically applied to increase his authorisation from 2 vehicles to 8 vehicles. This prompted the Office of the Traffic Commissioner to do a “desk based audit” where the operator scored an impressive 22 “unsatisfactories.” Further problems relating to a failure […]
Public Inquiry – Successful Licence Application Despite History of Revoked Licences
Laura Newton, our Transport Solicitor, represented an Operator at Public Inquiry before the Traffic Commissioner, in an application for a Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence. The Traffic Commissioner had initially proposed to refuse the application as the Operator had been linked to 4 previously revoked Licences and a refused application. We […]
Transport Manager Fills Online Application Using Director’s Details – Licence Refused Until Fresh Application Received
In this Virtual Public Inquiry the issue boiled down to the fact that the Transport Manager filled out the on line application purporting to be the Director. The issue only came to light as she managed to misspell the Director’s surname and failed to declare a previous appearance by the […]
Virtual Public Inquiry – Traffic Commissioner Grants Licence Despite Poor History.
This Operator, represented at the Virtual Public Inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, had a less than perfect operator licence history. He had a previous insolvent company (not declared on the instant application) and a previous conviction for operating without a licence. His vehicles had appeared on more licences than Zsa […]
Phoenix and Fronting Issues Dealt with at Traffic Commissioner’s Virtual Public Inquiry
At this Virtual Public Inquiry the Operator was represented by barrister Harry Bowyer. The issues revolved around a previous Operator Licence holding company that had recently gone into liquidation. The director of the applicant company had also been a director of the defunct company but had failed to mention it […]
Virtual Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry. Operator’s Truck has no MOT for 9 months. Keeps licence.
This operator, represented at a Virtual Public Inquiry by Harry Bowyer, was called into a Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry owing to failures in their maintenance regime including running a truck for 9 months without and MOT (result of over reliance on maintenance provider). They also fell short on their drivers’ […]
SBC Conduct First-Ever Virtual Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
Simon Clarke acted for the Applicant in the first-ever virtual Public Inquiry, held this morning over MS Teams conferencing technology. Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney (West of England) presided over the application for a Standard International Licence, with documents forwarded by email for consideration at the PI. All participants joined the […]
Operator at Risk of Revocation – Restricted Licence Surrendered and Standard National Licence Granted
Helen Newbold, barrister, represented this coach company at Public Inquiry after they were called in for failing to meet the undertakings and standard requirements on a restricted licence. The operator had been unable to demonstrate the main occupation requirements for a significant period of time and failed to notify the […]
Licence Granted As Applied for Despite Concerns about Fronting
This applicant, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer, was the wife of a director of a family firm that had gone crashing into liquidation with massive debts. She had seen that a portion of the business was still extremely profitable and bought some of the assets from the Administrator. She answered […]
