[2023] UKUT 172 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber

[2023] UKUT 172 (AAC)

Fecha: 09-Jun-2023

Section 1

The appeal is dismissed. The decision of the traffic commissioner in relation to the appellants, dated 5 May 2022, shall take effect from 23:45 on the date falling two months after the date this decision is issued to the parties.

Subject matter

Loss of repute; revocation of licence; disqualification; proportionality

Case referred to

Bradley Fold Travel Ltd & anor v Secretary of State for Transport [2010] EWCA Civ 695

Bryan Haulage Ltd v Vehicle Inspectorate Appeal 2002/217

Priority Freight & Paul Williams Appeal 2009/225

REASONS FOR THE DECISION

1.

In what follows, references to “sections” or “s” are to sections of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, and references to “paragraphs” (unless the context otherwise indicates) are to paragraphs of Schedule 3 (Qualifications for Standard Licence) to that Act.