Archive: Public Inquiries
Director with Serious Criminal Conviction Keeps Good Repute at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
Laura Newton represented a Company at Public Inquiry before the Traffic Commissioner. The sole director of the Company, who was also the nominated Transport Manager had been convicted of a serious offence, for which a suspended sentence of 8 months had been imposed. This called into question the repute and […]
Operator Escapes with Formal Warning at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry After Card Pulling Driver Found by DVSA
When this restricted operator, represented by senior solicitor Murray Oliver was informed that one of their drivers had been creating false tachograph records a Public Inquiry was guaranteed. We advised the operator through all the stages of the investigation and the Traffic Commissioner concluded that the efforts to improve all […]
Licence to be Granted But Newly Qualified Transport Manager Requires Additional Support Before a New O Licence is Granted
This applicant, represented at Public Inquiry by senior solicitor Murray Oliver, was seeking to reboot its skip loader operation after their previous licence expired. Murray Oliver helped the operator to explain that this applicant’s good repute should not be affected because other members of the same family had poor compliance […]
Failure to Notify Office of Traffic Commissioner of Insolvency Leads to Public Inquiry
The operator in this matter, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer, added a director to their licence and failed to notify the Office of the Traffic Commissioner of an insolvency that he was involved in. The Traffic Commissioner accepted at the Public inquiry that this was oversight and lack of knowledge […]
Operator with “Most Serious Infringement” Keeps Licence at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
This operator, represented at Public inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, happily operated a truck with no MOT in place for 6 months. This is a “most serious infringement” and a Traffic Commissioner is obliged to consider revocation of the licence in such a case. Matters were compounded by a less […]
Operator Licence Granted Despite History of Insolvency
A history of a liquidated company for both a director and a transport manager brought this application to the attention of the Traffic Commissioner. Murray Oliver helped the operator to explain what had happened and after addressing how the Proposed Transport manager would be supported in his role the licence […]
“S” Marked Prohibition Operator Keeps Licence by Skin of their Teeth at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
An “S” marked Prohibition brought the Traffic Commissioner’s attention to this operator. The subsequent DVSA Maintenance investigation showed that shortcomings remained with the operation, relating to its use of the operating centre, maintenance records and MOT test history. Murray Oliver represented the Operator at Public Inquiry and helped the operator […]
SBC Written Submissions Lead to Operator Licence Application Subject to a “Propose to Refuse” Letter being Granted without a Public Inquiry
Our client, an applicant for an Operator’s Licence, represented at Public Inquiry by solicitor Laura Newton, was served with a proposal to refuse the Licence due to issues with a previously linked licence and questions over competence. Laura Newton in a last attempt to resolve matters, prepared a detailed proposal […]
Wrong Entity Operator Granted New Licence at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry.
This operator, represented at Public Inquiry by Barrister Harry Bowyer, changed their entity from a partnership to a limited company in 2013 on the advice of their accountant. They failed to realise the effect on their operator’s licence of the change of entity which meant that they had been operating […]
Driver Dealt with by Formal Warning Avoiding Attendance at Driver Conduct Hearing
The driver in this matter, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer, had accrued three speeding offences whilst driving sub 3.5 tonne vans. He had not appreciated the different speed limits for vans over cars and the third penalty had arrived before he had notice of the first owing to the delay […]
