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I would bet good money on our council having lost the minutes in the fire 5 years ago.

They lost all the data that was used to calculate our license fees in the fire.

if locals are best placed then im a Dutchman

You certainly are Captain Van Cab.

Towards the end of his argument Mr Neish drew our attention to the fact that it was nowhere below proved, on behalf of the local authority, that a resolution has, in fact, been passed under s 45 of the Act, applying that Act to the district of the city of Hull. Therefore, the fact at the basis of all this law that this is a controlled district was never proved. Mr Sampson, who has dealt with this matter very fairly on behalf of the prosecutor, accepted that it was incumbent upon the local authority to prove (no doubt as a formal matter, but it was not done) that the Act had been applied to the Hull district and therefore the necessary precondition of all these offences, that Mr Wilson was acting in a controlled district, had not been made out.

I see no answer to this objection. It may be regarded as a technical, and even unattractive, point but it is properly taken. That means that there would be no point in remitting this case to the Magistrates because even if it were remitted there would be a fatal gap in the evidence that was before them on the first occasion, which could not now be filled: as I put to Mr Sampson in argument, and he properly accepted, if Mr Wilson had been represented below, and that representative had properly waited until the end of the prosecution case and then submitted there was no case to answer because of this defect in the prosecution evidence, it would have been extremely difficult for the prosecutor to argue that he should be allowed to reopen his case.

Any idea what case this refers to??

the mags were rather scathing that the council's officers were not aware of "the rules", though in their defence it was pointed out that the current LO was working elsewhere at that time, and the senior environmental officer was covering the LO's job and had only ben there a few weeks. That cut no ice with the mags!

A further win of sorts, the car was due for compliance today, passed with flying colours.

It was finally presented to the LO for his discretion check as per the court agreement and he agreed the car was fit for purpose, a couple of small dents in the driver's door where someone opened a door into it last week and a small dent in the boot lid. There was a full maintenance history too which maybe helped.

So, he advised by phone that he would issue the licence for a further 12 months from today, with an annual "discretion" check every year. HOWEVER, nothing in writing yet, and when I phoned the legal department the lady there was a bit put out that I said I'd ask the court for costs and the agreement in writing. I also suggested this should apply to everyone who was in a similar situation. she seemed to think that I had what I wanted and that was the end of it.

So, back to the magistrates tomorrow for clarification!

It was finally presented to the LO for his discretion check as per the court agreement and he agreed the car was fit for purpose, a couple of small dents in the driver's door where someone opened a door into it last week and a small dent in the boot lid. There was a full maintenance history too which maybe helped.