[2025] UKFTT 01347 (GRC)

The Appellant has been a registered ADI for over two decades.

He failed three Standard Check tests administered by the DVSA between 2020 and 2023.

The DVSA policy requires all ADI tests to be conducted in English or Welsh and prohibits interpreters. This policy was introduced in 2014 following a public consultation and impact assessment conducted in 2013.

The Appellant did not raise language concerns at the time of the tests but now asserts that the English-only requirement placed him at a disadvantage due to his South Asian background and limited English fluency.

The Respondent relied on the 2013 consultation and impact assessment as evidence of compliance with equality duties. No equality impact assessment specific to ADI testing has been conducted since that time.

The Appellant’s test records show consistently low scores in communication-related competencies.

Road Traffic Act 1988, s.131(3): The Tribunal may make such order as it thinks fit.

Equality Act 2010, ss.19 & 149: Indirect discrimination and Public Sector Equality Duty.