[2024] UKUT 240 (AAC)

The appellant appeals against a decision by the Deputy Traffic Commissioner (DTC) taken on 14 July 2023 and communicated on 17 July, revoking the appellant’s operator’s licence. The appeal had originally been made late and in incomplete form, but was subsequently admitted.

The appeal was heard at Birmingham Civil and Family Court on 16 April 2024.

The operator operated a single vehicle and had held an operator’s licence since 1994. We say at the outset that as regards operational matters, there has never so far as we are aware been any criticism of it. The same cannot be said for its attention to regulatory matters. In 2015 regulatory action was taken because of delay in replacing its transport manager, which was eventually resolved by appointing a transport manager, and similar issues arose in 2021.