Taxi Driver Online

Quite, I suppose it takes one?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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I think you might bankrupt a few.

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IDFIMH

What makes the actions of this council/licensing team/councillors so odious is that they have suspended on safety grounds under (2A) and (2B) of the act i.e. no stay on appeal.

Whereas if they had suspended under (2)a and (2)b an immediate right of appeal would be allowed.

This tells me that the odious lot are sh** scared of facing a court trying to justify putting people out of work for parking on yellow lines.

They should all be thoroughly ashamed of themselves, and I intend, with others, to make sure no-one ever forgets the names involved.

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IDFIMH

Might be worth asking the odious bunch when councillors last reviewed their use of RIPA powers.

According to LACORS they should be doing it every 12 months, including quarterly updates.

http://www.lacors.gov.uk/lacors/NewsArt ... x?id=23113

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IDFIMH

As I mentioned to someone today.

If the offence was as serious as the LA state......why did they give a verbal warning then a written warning to the drivers concerned?

Surely if the offence warrented a section 52 there should have been no warnings at all.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Very good point indeed & one that would be very persuasive in any legal action that the aggrieved drivers might eventually decide to take.

I wonder if HC drivers and proprietors, other than those directly affected by this mis-use of Section 52, could be deemed to be an aggrieved party?

And before you say 'No' to that question; stranger things have happened in English law.

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Swansea vs Davies?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

They are all back at work today and tomorrow.

Have there been any fresh drivers added to the list?

And is the rank being used in accordance with the council rules, or has nothing changed?

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IDFIMH

Still the same nothing has changed, I've been parked on double yellow lines for the last 3 weeks and I've heard nothing.

I think the Council have realised they've dropped a big b o l l o c k, none of the NTA drivers have been letter dropped from the Council.

Well let's hope the national lobbying has worked.

But we all need to remember the report being put before the Cabinet on Sept 16th.

Councillors need to know what is being done in their names and to stop it.

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IDFIMH

Get them all to make a claim against the council for loss of earnings

On what grounds? They never even appealed against the suspension.

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Grandad,

A council solicitor in Manchester today was heard to say, after winning a case being appealed, that there are few appeals being placed at the Magistrates since the new fee increase. Further inquiries have indicated the cost of LODGING an appeal in Magistrates has risen from £50 to £200. Appeals to a higher court have risen to £500. Has anyone experience of this.? If true, it is a backdoor way of denying a working man any sort of justice. Of more concern is that if someone cannot afford to lodge an appeal they are out of work and then have to rely on benefits and the public purse. This also, if true, cannot be allowed to go on.