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| Author: | JD [ Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Buttons Book 2nd edition |
A review of Jim Buttons book on Taxi licensing. By Kerry Barker. Taxis—Licensing Law and Practice 2nd Edn James TH Button £61. James Button, a licensing solicitor, displays a compendious knowledge of the law relating to taxis in the 2nd edition of his textbook. Over 400 pages (almost half of the book) contain all the relevant statutory provisions, primary and secondary, as well as government circulars and model forms, thus avoiding the need for the reader to have to source any other material when searching for solutions to a taxi problem. The real value of this textbook lies, however, not in the legislation but in James Button's careful and lucid explanation of the case law and practical problems facing the would-be driver or operator of both hackney carriages and private hire vehicles. Every aspect is covered from the definition of a hackney carriage through stretch limousines to the lacuna in the law relating to the testing of private hire vehicles. Separate sections are devoted to different legal situations in and outside London and, wherever appropriate, the author makes a strong case for updating and amending the current legislation. There are also comprehensive reviews of the administrative systems and decision-making processes for the licensing of drivers, operators and vehicles by local authorities and the various avenues of appeal. Much of this material is of use equally to those dealing with other areas of local government licensing and extends far beyond that found in most of the major licensing works. It was a little disappointing to see the Human Rights Act 1998 dealt with in a separate section of Chapter 2—Licensing within Local Government—rather than incorporated into the main text. This led to some apparent contradictions and the suggestion that some of the earlier commentary had not been updated. In particular the section on the giving of reasons could be said to be incompatible with the law relating to human rights and fair hearings.This criticism, however, must be regarded as minor given the vast scale of the work. This is an impressive textbook, which has no compare in its particular field. |
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