FT/D/2025/0417 - [2025] UKFTT 01140 (GRC)

I have considered a bundle of evidence containing 85 pages (including the index). I also heard representations from the Appellant and from the Respondent during the hearing.

The Appellant was first entered in the Register in July 2019. His current period of registration will expire on 31 July 2027.

The bundle of evidence included the record of the Standards Checks that had taken place. It stated that each of the four check tests had been conducted by a different examiner (“JM”, “BC”, “SO” and “CoC”).

During the remote hearing, the Appellant stated that the examiner who had conducted the fourth check test (CoC) had also been present during his first check test. He stated that he had made multiple complaints about CoC, and so felt that it was wholly inappropriate that CoC had conducted his final test as he was biased against him.

The Appellant stated that repeated racist comments had been made towards him and towards his students by members of DVSA staff. He stated that he had been targeted and had been treated unfairly. He stated that the circumstances that surrounded his failed tests meant that it would have been impossible for him to pass them.

The Appellant also asserted that he had not received any feedback following his previous test attempts, despite asking for it to be provided to him. He stated that he was entirely capable of performing his job.