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Catering Firm Keeps Licence after Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry - February 2025
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 […]
Success Appeal Against the Traffic Commissioner - February 2025
We were instructed by an Operator who had received a letter from the Traffic Commissioner revoking their Operator’s Licence. There had been a number of issues with the Operating Centre and DVSA co-operation, which the Operator was seeking to address. Laura Newton made an initial application with an Appeal to […]
SBC Response to “Contemplated Decision Letter” Proposing 500 Points for an MOT Authorised Examiner Reduces Outcome to a Warning and 100 Points! - February 2025
An MOT Authorised Examiner had been investigated and subject to DVSA disciplinary procedures due to a vehicle examiner discovering that there had been a period of time where MOTs had been undertaken without the required roller brake equipment, due to a technical fault awaiting repair. The MOT Guide allows for […]
Death of Transport Manager Leads to Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry - January 2025
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 […]
Civil Penalties for Immigrants reduced by £90,000 - January 2025
In this appeal civil penalties for clandestine entrants had been imposed against this Hungarian haulier and their driver, in the sum of £108,000. Simon Clarke acted for the Appellants; he told Border Force in correspondence that they had paid no proper regard to the Level of Penalty Code of Practice. […]
Haulier keeps a 4 vehicle O licence and Transport Manager keeps his Good Repute at Public Inquiry following DVSA inspection that identified serious shortcomings - January 2025
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 - January 2025
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 - January 2025
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 […]
6 clandestine entrants led to Lithuanian operator and driver facing a £96,000 penalty. Reduced to £23,484 - January 2025
£96,000 penalty reduced to £23,484 after appeal litigated by solicitor, Murray Oliver.
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 - January 2025
£32,000 civil penalty reduced to £12,000 after appeal litigated by solicitor, Murray Oliver
