Who is this david wilson and alot of letters after hes name ????????
http://toomanytaxis.com/news/2011/08/11/the-%E2%80%9Croad-to-reform%E2%80%9D-has-already-begun/The “road to reform” has already begun!
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by David Wilson on August 11, 2011 · 11 comments
in Legal & Policy,Posts Contributions
When the Law Commission published its Eleventh Programme of Law Reform recently, it indicated that the “taxi and private hire vehicles – regulation” project would not begin until 2012, with a consultation paper being published in the summer; and a final report and draft Bill being presented to Parliament in the summer of 2014.
However, the project has already begun and, as a consequence, we can now expect a consultation paper to be published in April next year, with the final report and draft Bill to be presented to Parliament in late 2013, rather than the summer of 2014.
If a draft Bill were not presented to Parliament until the summer of 2014, it might in reality leave very little time for it to pass through Parliament to be enacted into law, before the dissolution of Parliament for the next scheduled General Election on 5 May 2015.
As a result of the project having already commenced and now having an end date of late 2013, the draft Bill is likely to have between 15 and 18 months to pass through Parliament to become enacted into law.
In the circumstances, I am now reasonably confident that new legislation will be enacted before the dissolution of Parliament for the next scheduled General Election on 5 May 2015.
Until we know what is to be proposed, it is impossible to give a reasonable indication as to the timescale that might be required to implement the terms of the new Act, because we will not know whether they amount to little more than a consolidation of the existing laws with a few refinements or whether they constitute “radical reform”.
The Law Commission is certainly promising a “radical review”. However, I would suggest that no-one should be afraid of “radical review”, because the intention is simply to ensure that whatever comes out of the other end of the process is the very best that can be achieved to meet the various objectives of the law reform project.
Frances Patterson QC, the Law Commissioner who heads the Law Commission’s public law team attended a meeting with various trade and other representatives at the Department for Transport on Thursday, 4 August 2011.
Disappointingly, only 11 out of the 16 organisations invited to send a representative to the workshop did so, but despite (or because of) that, the workshop was, in my opinion, very productive and, I hope, informative for the Law Commission.www.a2zlicensing.co.uk 0191 2449636 Those organisations that were invited, but who did not send representatives were:
Allied Vehicles
Association of Transport Co-ordinators (ATCO)
GMB
Licensed Private Hire Car Association (LPHCA)
National Taxi Association (NTA).
The following trade and other organisations concerned with taxi and private hire were each represented by a single representative:
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC)
Institute of Licensing (IoL)
Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA)
London Taxi Company
National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers (NALEO)
National Association of Taxi Users (NATU)
National Limousine and Chauffeur Association (NLCA)
National Private Hire Association (NPHA)
Private Hire Reform Campaign (PHRC)
Transport for London
Unite the Union
The workshop was chaired by Anthony Ferguson, Head of Buses and Taxis Division of the Department of Transport. Also in attendance from the Buses and Taxis Division were Rachael Watson and Pippa Brown; and a lawyer attended from the Department’s legal team.
The Law Commission were not only represented by Frances Patterson QC, the Law Commissioner who is the head of the public law team, but also Jessica Uguccioni, the lawyer who is leading on the project.
As for the Law Commission, Frances Patterson explained the independent statutory role of the Law Commission and the three objectives it has in relation to this project, which can be summed up as follows:
to simplify regulation and come up with recommendations and proposals
to modernise, because there is a need to deal with the technologies of today
to radically review the current systems as a whole.
No-one representing a trade or other organisation expressed opposition to reform, and many welcomed the review and the fact that it was to be undertaken by the Law Commission.www.a2zlicensing.co.uk 0191 2449636
Whilst the official notes to this meeting have not yet been finalised, the following is a summary of the topics discussed that are likely to require detailed consideration by the Law Commission:
single-tier or two-tier and, if two-tier what should be the operational distinctions
a need to listen to the consumer, not just the trade
the need to strike an appropriate balance between deregulation and public protection
consideration of consistent national standards for drivers, which might even be a national drivers badge
consideration of consistent national standards for vehicles and operators
accessibility for wheelchair users and others with disabilities
consideration of who is to administer and regulate any new licensing regime
consideration as to whether regulation should extend to those providing courtesy services, such as garages, hotels and vehicle rental companies; and ambulance and minibus services, particularly those provided for social transport by residential and nursing homes
formally recognise taxi and private hire as being an important part of the public transport infrastructure
methods of effective enforcement
fees
consideration of whether the provision of taxi ranks should be funded by local authorities as part of the wider local transport planning funds, rather than by the hackney carriage trade
consideration of vehicle inspection and maintenance regimes, such as those applicable to PSVs
sub-contracting between private hire operators in different districts, which is permitted in London, but not elsewhere in England and Wales
a recognised qualification for licensing enforcement officers, particularly those with power to inspect motor vehicles
requirement for training of members of local authority licensing committees or any other elected body that is to determine applications and / or enforcement
if two-tiers remained, how would they be made clearly distinguishable nationally, because current local policies create confusionwww.a2zlicensing.co.uk 0191 2449636
if fares are to be regulated, as they are currently for hackney carriages, how is a fare to be set when the costs of vehicles and the provision of services now vary widely
would fares be set nationally or locally
checking foreign criminal records for people from outside the UK or those who have been out of the UK for a period of time
are geographic regimes necessary for London and Plymouth, as opposed to the rest of England and Wales
the impact of modern technology, such as internet, email and smartphones and the need to consider how to future proof new regulations
the potential to harmonise elements of the taxi and private hire trades with the PSV industry, particularly with regard to driver standards – CRB checks.
Whilst quite a long list of concepts and issues, the above is probably only indicative of a
much larger range of subjects that will have to be researched and considered by the Law Commission to enable it to formulate its consultation paper for April next year.
If you would wish for other matters to be raised with the Law Commission by the Private Hire Reform Campaign (PHRC), please contact me by email at
david.wilson@phrc.org.ukEntirely separate to the current legislative review, the Department for Transport issued guidance on 3 August 2011 in relation to private hire services, specifically addressing those services that are likely to fall outside the current legislative regime.
The guidance note can be found at:
http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/p ... idance.pdfDavid B Wilson
Cert HELL, MIoL, MBII.tp
Licensing Consultant, Mediator and Trainer
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Dave August 12, 2011 at 1:09 am
What is a Cert HELL
Researching this subject matter gave me a great deal of satisfaction, because anyone who wants to do the same as me just type into google “Cert HELL”, the link for “The University of Warwick” will be an option, just open it and have a good look around the site, but remember to scroll down to the bottom of the first page with a picture of “Professor Colin Manchester” Course Director being
shown.
THE COURSE IS NOT RUNNING IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-12 AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE ANY ASSURANCES WHETHER THE COURSE WILL RUN AGAIN IN FUTURE YEARS.
This means it was a government subsidised funded course first ran between 2007-2009 for the first candidates, because it was a 2 year course with a combination of 7 different sections, 4 Units in year one, with the other 3 Units in year two, with 15 credits for each of 6 Units and 30 credits for 1 Unit, meaning 120 credits could be achieved.
Now the funny thing about this is Taxi Licensing Law represented just 8 weeks study with the Tutor being none other than James Button, but the studying is at a distance learning and it is “NOT A DEGREE ACCREDITTED QUALIFICATION” now where have we heard this old chestnut again! That’s right folks remember the Edexcel Level 2 BTEC Award “Transporting Passengers by Taxi and Private Hire” another piece of education b******t that some of us were daft enough to take a couple of years ago for Taxi & Private Hire Drivers.
David B Wilson also implies, that as well as this qualification he is MIoL now all that means is he is a Member of the Institute of Licensing, and the MBII.tp principal of A2Z Licensing, well that means he is a Tutor at his own A2Z Licensing Company.
Now, if I was to put after my name all my qualifications & memberships of clubs & bodies, I would have a who’s who of titles too, that would look a great deal better than David B Wilson and his lists in his article for the Upfront Magazine and Too Many Taxis Website with the Title: The road to reform shall be driven by the Law Commission!
David B Wilson should become an author of fiction, because he can certainly write it.
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Linda Taylor August 13, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Who is David Wilson? What are his qualifications; who gave them?; how was the awarding body?
Remember- this is the guy who gave us the BERWICK issue!!!
BEWARE THIS MAN.
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Transport Manager August 23, 2011 at 7:53 am
I was so hoping the man himself David B. Wilson was going to come on to the site and defend himself and his so called Qualifications, but alass, I fear the cat has got his tongue on this one.
There is an old song I can think of called;
Who`s Sorry Now, Who`s Sorry Now
A Classic Song, but the Boomtown Rats had better ones called;
I don`t like Mondays
Rat Trap
and maybe Michael Jackson had another one with;
Smooth Criminal
ha ha ha
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David B Wilson Cert HELL, MIoL, MBII.tp August 26, 2011 at 10:50 am
The Cert HELL ran for a number of years at the University of Birmingham, before transferring to the University of Warwick; and was also run by one of the universities in London, although I cannot recall which, I don’t think it so important to Google to find out.
The reality is, whether you like it or not, it was the highest academic licensing law qualification generally available in England and Wales.
It was not directly subsidised by government, although the majority, but not all students, were from local authorities or the police and most, but again not all, were sponsored (funded) by their employers – I was. If local authorities and the police are no longer sponsoring officers – and I would be surprised if many were currently able to justify doing so – it does not surprise me that the course is not running currently.
It is a shame, because it was a very well designed and delivered course by leading experts, including the course director, Professor Colin Manchester, who I believe was the only professor of licensing law in the country when he was at the University of Birmingham; Paddy Whur, a partner at licensing solicitors Walker Morris who specialised in gambling law; and James Button, to name just a few.
The course did not just cover taxis in eight weeks distance learning, because it was also covered at a residential session. I accept it does not sound much, but when issues such as administrative law and judicial review were dealt with as separate subjects, as was legal research, etc, it was eight weeks dealing with just taxi licensing law.
When compared to the one day training provided to many licensing officers and members of licensing committees by James Button, eight weeks is a reasonably significant period of time.
Whilst the Cert HELL is not a degree, it is a degree level qualification, which does provide a gateway to studying for a LLB (law degree) and now also provides a direct route to a LLM (law masters degree) in licensing law, unless that too has been abandoned for the time being – that would be a shame, because I did fancy doing that when I had the time!
As for my memberships, there is little to say – I am a member of the Institute of Licensing (in fact, I am a member of its national Taxi Reform Working Party too) and I am a training professional member of the BII, i.e. British Institute of Innkeeping (and I am a member of the North East Regional Committee of the BII and its membership secretary).
I do have other licensing and management qualifications, but I do not think they add anything to the three I use, which are the three most relevant to what I do.
As for Newcastle v Berwick, can I remind you that Berwick was not the first council to licence hackney carriages that were used for pre-booked work outside their area? Berwick just happened to be the one that upset Newcastle and ended up defending its position in the High Court. Lets not forget that Newcastle has never had an issue about its hackney carriages being used in neighbouring North Tyneside for private hire purposes – and neither should they, because its all part of the Tyne and Wear conurbation.
I’m struggling to identify any element of fiction in that which I have written on the subject of law reform – what has happened has happened.
Rather than worrying about my qualifications and memberships, the whole trade would be well advised to consider what might be the best structure for the trade in the future, because I suspect (a personal view, which should not be confused with “fiction”, because that is something else) the Law Commission will be concerned about how the trade works for the public, improving efficiency, and reducing bureaucracy and “red tape”.
If anyone wants to contribute to shaping the trade for the future, now is probably the time to do it!
If you have any such views, why not share them with the Private Hire Reform Campaign (PHRC), whose website is at
http://www.phrc.org.uk or email
enquiries@phrc.org.uk David
or should I sign off as:
David B Wilson
Cert HELL, MIoL, MBII.tp
Licensing Consultant, Trainer and Mediator
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Transport Manager August 31, 2011 at 7:15 am
Hello David,
I do love these posts of yours, because every time you write something you inform everyone a little more about yourself.
I especially like this because, what you have not worked out, is how closely you are being monitored by people in very high places?
You see David, once again for to your captive audience you have changed your hat, now on the 4 August 2011 at the Department for Transport you stated you were the PHV Refom Group (Private Hire Vehicle Reform Group),
but now on TooManyTaxis, you have changed to the PHRG (Private Hire Reform Group).
So basically David, you can make up as many Groups, Committees or what ever you want, but it will always be David B. Wilson Ex-Berwick upon Tweed Licensing Officer, the man who stated in the Berwick Advertiser 2 November 2006, that he saw no problem with the issue of granting Taxi Licences to Newcastle & North Tyneside Drivers, who were never going to work in Berwick upon Tweed.
This simple fact David B. Wilson will never be forgotten by the Trade in North Tyneside, Newcastle, Carlisle, Durham, Gateshead, oh yes and by Councillors in the Unitary County Council of Northumberland.
I also notice you state you have the Cert Hell and reference the LLB Degree & LLM Masters, therefore, I take it from your own words, that you do not hold either of these Qualifications?
Both of those Qualifications, being the Degree and Masters are surely higher than the” Cert HELL”, an Academic Qualification.
Surely even you must agree with me on that one David?
The Fiction seems to be continuing here by you David B. Wilson.
Thanks to all reading this. ha ha ha
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David B Wilson Cert HELL, MIoL, MBII.tp September 26, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Transport Manager,
The group is, and always has been, the Private Hire Reform Campaign (PHRC), because its name clearly states its objectives.
The website is
http://www.phrc.org.uk The fact that the group’s name was wrongly stated in the Department for Transport notes of the Red Tape Challenge meeting attended by the Law Commission is unfortunate, but I must accept part responsibility for that, because I did not notice until the final version was circulated and published, by which time it was too late!
When I achieve a LLM in Licensing Law I will let you know!
David
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drowning blueline driver October 3, 2011 at 10:19 pm
what i would like to know is how can different licenced private hire vehicles (north tyneside and newcastle ) turn up at the same address on a multiple car job when they are supposed to be on seperate systems ?
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Transport Manager October 6, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Hello drowning blueline driver,
I think, if this is really happening, because I do not know if it is or not personally, then Blueline are dis-regarding the Shanks verses North Tyneside Council 2001 Court Decision on CROSS-BOARDER HIRING that Blueline lost.
The 2001 Court Case Minutes used to be on this site somewhere to read.
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drowning blueline driver October 6, 2011 at 10:29 pm
OH YES this is really happening I have been on several multi car jobs where both newcastle and north tyneside private hire have turned up at the same pick up point !!!!!!!!
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Admin October 6, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Shanks v North Tyneside Council:
http://bursst.co.uk/home/tmtwiki/2011/1 ... h-council/ Ian Shanks on Out of area Hackney carriages:
http://bluelinetaxis.com/taxis/out-of-a ... -carrages/ Reply
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Transport Manager October 7, 2011 at 6:32 am
Well drowning blueline driver,
I think this could be a Case of Contempt of Court, which if you inform the North Tyneside Council, Not Alan Newton, as he could not prove anything, but inform Colin Macdonald at
colin.macdonald@northtyneside.gov.uk Colin, is probably the most honest one I have dealt with at the Council, but at times, as a good line manager should, he will defend his Council Officers, when he should let them be hung out to be exposed.
Good Luck with what evidence you have about your remarks, because nobody else is going to do what you want, just because you are supplying the bullets for the Smoking Gun at Blueline.
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