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this argument is effectively dealt with in paragraph (2) above it was not for the Appellant to give himself permission to ignore the Traffic Commissioner’s legitimate request for information
this argument is effectively dealt with in paragraph (2) above;
it was not for the Appellant to give himself permission to ignore the Traffic Commissioner’s legitimate request for information;
the public inquiry call-up brief stated that, on the Appellant’s 2019 application, he failed to declare “links to…JCG Transport Ltd”. That failure obviously did not prove fatal to that application, but it was a failure nonetheless and one which the Commissioner was subsequently entitled to rely on, amongst other matters, in concluding that the Appellant could not be trusted “in terms of day-to-day compliance or with the integrity of the operator licensing regime” (see paragraph 11 of the Commissioner’s reasons);
this argument is effectively dealt with in paragraph (2) above;
this argument is effectively dealt with in paragraph (7) above.
- Heading
- This appeal is DISMISSED. The Traffic Commissioner’s decisions of 1 March 2024 (ref. OK2024813) involved neither error of law nor mistake of fact. Under section 37(2) and (4) of the Goods Vehicles (Li
- Events preceding the Traffic Commissioner’s decisions
- refused the operator’s application to surrender his operating licence
- the Appellant “has ignored the Public Inquiry process”
- Legislative framework
- an undertaking recorded in the licence has not been fulfilled ( section 26(1) (f))
- ‘Surrender’ of operator’s licences
- Rights of appeal
- Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (“the 2008 Rules”)
- Grounds of appeal
- the Appellant did not produce financial evidence because it was not requested until after his business had closed
- Proceedings before the Upper Tribunal
- Conclusions
- the Appellant gave no reason for failing to attend the hearing on 14 January 2025
- Challenging a Traffic Commissioner’s refusal to accept a surrender request: matters of principle
- Did the Traffic Commissioner lawfully refuse the Appellant’s request to surrender his operator’s licence?
- Why the Appellant’s grounds of appeal are not made out
- this is an assertion unsupported by evidence. The argument is not made out
- this argument is dealt with in paragraphs (2) and (4) above
- this argument is effectively dealt with in paragraph (2) above it was not for the Appellant to give himself permission to ignore the Traffic Commissioner’s legitimate request for information
- Conclusions