Read two articles today in PHTM in relation to the Supreme Court judgement and the effect it may or may not have on sections of the trade.
The first one was from a board member of the NPHA.
https://content.yudu.com/web/43sy4/0A43 ... gin=readerThe author states right at the beginning that this ruling will not effect drivers working on traditional operators, and then doesn't give any reasons as to why he believes that.
The second article was from a rep of the GMB.
https://content.yudu.com/web/43sy4/0A43 ... gin=readerIn that article the author, writing in a personal capacity, states that he believes the judgement will not effect most traditional taxi firms unless they follow the Uber model. In all fairness he at least gives reasons as to why he believes that.
Both of them are wrong. 
They are both assuming that because Uber take the fare, process the fare, and then pay drivers less a commission, that in itself is why the court deemed Uber drivers to be 'workers'. No where in the judgement does it say anything like that.
The way drivers were remunerated wasn't an issue, control of the driver and control of the way the driver worked were the issues.
Interesting that in this month's PHTM a contributor does a balanced overview of the current situation, which IMO is a million miles away from the contributions of the two above.