REASONS FOR DECISION
1.This is an appeal to the Upper Tribunal brought by Mr Pawel Damian Kaptur and KPD Haulage Ltd (hereinafter “the appellant”), from a decision of a Traffic Commissioner (“TC”) refusing an application for a Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence, and which was embodied in a letter to the appellant dated 23 November 2021, 2. The appeal was considered at a traditional face-to-face hearing, in London, on 8 June 2022. The appellant attended and was accompanied by a friend to support him. He was not legally represented. He had the assistance of a Polish interpreter, Ms Anderson, to aid communication at the hearing. The Respondent, as is standard practice in these cases, was neither present nor represented at the hearing.