FT/D/2025/0576 - [2025] UKFTT 01266 (GRC)

This is an appeal against a decision of the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors (‘the Registrar’) made on 13 May 2025 to refuse to grant the Appellant a third trainee licence.

The parties and the Tribunal agreed that the appeal could be determined on the papers pursuant to Rule 32 (a) and (b) of The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009.

I have considered a bundle of evidence containing 22 numbered pages, plus index.

The Appellant’s Notice of Appeal is dated 26 May 2025. The grounds of appeal concern a family emergency encountered during the course of their previous trainee licence that affected their ability to gain the necessary training experience.

The Registrar’s Statement of Case dated 27 August 2025 resists the appeal. The Registrar says that the Appellant did not provide any evidence of lost practice time or a lack of pupils and has already had the benefit of two trainee licences each of 6 months duration.

The Appellant did not provide a reply to the Respondent’s Statement of Case.