Archive: Public Inquiries
Catering Firm Keeps Licence after Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
This Operator, represented at Public Inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, suffered badly during the Covid 19 pandemic and standards slipped badly. After an unsatisfactory DVSA investigation they were called into Public Inquiry. They instructed a competent transport consultant to fix their systems and the Traffic Commissioner dealt with them by […]
Death of Transport Manager Leads to Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
This operator, represented at Public Inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, suffered the death of their transport manager. The death was unexpected and the transport manager was in continuous and effective control until shortly before he died. The operator had a new CPC holder in place in relatively short order and […]
14 Vehicle PSV Operator Receives 1 Vehicle Curtailment Following Propose to Revoke
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this PSV operator at their Public Inquiry before the Office of the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland. The operator had been called in following a propose to revoke letter, an unsatisfactory DVSA assessment that raised wide ranging issues over both maintenance and driver’s hours concerns as well […]
Haulier keeps a 4 vehicle O licence and Transport Manager keeps his Good Repute at Public Inquiry following DVSA inspection that identified serious shortcomings
When the ministry calls they look into every aspect of the systems operatre to ensure vehicles and trailers are operatred safely and that the Operators have sufficient continuous knowledge of their operation so that they can make effective management decisions. We helped the operator to explain what had happened and […]
New Application for an Operating Centre prompts an Investigation which Reveals Self Employed Drivers
When DVSA discovered irregularities with operating centres and drivers hours following an application for an O licence, a Public inquiry followed. A prompt recognition of the problems faced, involvement of a well respected Transport Consultant helped to protect the business and to provide some space to regularise their compliance and […]
Lost wheel on a light Trailer towed behind a van brings HGV operator before the Traffic Commissioner
The loss of any wheel of any vehicle will almost always come to the attention of the Traffic Commissioner. This operator experiences a wheel loss on a light goods vehicle trailer that was not inscope of the operators licence. This brought the spotlight on the opertors licence and Public Inquiry […]
2 Clandestine Entrants Caused Border Force to Issue a £32,000 penalty which we Helped to Reduce to £12,000 on behalf of this Polish Operator
£32,000 civil penalty reduced to £12,000 after appeal litigated by solicitor, Murray Oliver
PSV Operator Retains Licence at 2nd Public Inquiry, Despite 10 ‘Unsatisfactory’ and ‘Report to OTC’ Findings by the DVSA
Millicent Dooher, Barrister, represented this PSV operator at their Public Inquiry before the Traffic Commissioner. The operator was called in following a maintenance investigation for which, out of the 12 sections assessed, 10 were marked as either unsatisfactory or report to OTC. This was the second Public Inquiry this operator […]
Operator Keeps Licence at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry, Subject to a Time Limited Curtailment of their Margin Despite Failing to Act on a “Strong Warning Letter.”
This operator, represented at Public Inquiry by Barrister Harry Bowyer, received a “strong warning letter” from the Office of the Traffic Commissioner in 2023. A Desk Based Assessment in 2024 revealed that the same faults were still very much present. The operator took action by establishing a strong transport team […]
17 day Curtailment of 1 Vehicle for Operator with 100% MOT failure and Operating above their Authorisation.
This Company, represented by Millicent Dooher, had been called before the Office of the Traffic Commissioner following an unsatisfactory maintenance and driver’s hours DVSA investigation. There were concerns with use of an unauthorised operating centre, use of a vehicle over the authorisation and a 100% MOT failure rate along with […]
