[2025] UKUT 103 (AAC)

Appeal No. UA-2024-001332-T

TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER APPEALS

ON APPEAL from the DECISION of the TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER for the EAST OF ENGLAND dated 20^th September 2024

Before: HHJ Beech, Judge of the Upper Tribunal

David Rawsthorn, Specialist Member of the Tribunal

Craig Barker, Specialist Member of the Tribunal

Appellant: CONNECT HIGHWAYS LIMITED

Commissioner’s ref: 0F2075434

Mode of hearing: Attended

Heard at: Field House, Breams Buildings, London, EC4A 1DZ

Representation:

Appellant: Alec Smith, Director accompanied by Mr Waterman

Decision Date: 25^th March 2025

SUMMARY OF DECISION

This appeal is DISMISSED.

The Traffic Commissioner’s decision to refuse the Appellant’s application for a standard national operator’s licence involved neither error of law or mistake of factas per the test in Bradley Fold Travel & Peter Wright v Secretary of State for Transport (2010) EWCA Civ.695..

KEYWORD NAME: 100.1 Applications

Please note the Summary of Decision is included for the convenience of readers. It does not form part of the decision. The Decision and Reasons of the judge follow.

DECISION