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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:11 am 
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That's a kop out on a major scale, and it's alright for them to say that as they have a legal team behind them whereas the ordinary driver is on his todd. :sad:


Thats always the problem, the ordinary driver as you put it is on his todd. Therefore if the scales of justice are weighted against the common man then surely those scales need recalibrating?

It is not the application of the law that is in doubt, it is the cost of the legal framework that places such a heavy financial burden on securing justice that is at fault. We need changes in certain areas of law in order that minor litigation cases do not place a high financial burden on impoverished individuals in their pursuit of justice.

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It is not the application of the law that is in doubt, it is the cost of the legal framework that places such a heavy financial burden on securing justice that is at fault. We need changes in certain areas of law in order that minor litigation cases do not place a high financial burden on impoverished individuals in their pursuit of justice.JD


Spot on. Councils to often get away with flauting the law, because the cost of obtaining justice is very high. Beyond the means of the average cabby. We don't have council tax payers' money to play with!
If council members had to pay personally for their mistakes, they may not be so keen to break the law.

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If council members had to pay personally for their mistakes, they may not be so keen to break the law.


I agree entirely.

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(3) That all hackney carriage proprietors must hold a Hackney Carriage Drivers Licence.

In the end, the council in all its wisdom only adopted one illegal condition. That being a hackney carriage proprietor needing to hold a hackney carriage drivers license.

Regardless of my opinion on the matter the law as it stands states that a hackney carriage license can only be refused if a person is not fit and proper, or the council limit licenses by virtue of section 16.

This is yet another case of councillors making up the law as they go along.


In an update on this issue I can confirm that having spoken to the LO the unlawful condition has been rescinded. They eventually realised the illegality of the condition.

As always we shall be keeping an ever watchfull eye on councillors who try and implement unlawful conditions of license.

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