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Today the Department for Transport (DfT) issued a letter entitled ‘Taxi & PHV Licensing – Use of The National Register of Taxi & Private Hire Licence Revocations & Refusals (NR3)’ to licensing authorities. It concerns the national ‘Statutory Taxi & Private Hire Vehicle Standards’ published in July 2020 and its setting out of “…a range…

Travis Morley is pleased to present our regular eflyer covering topical taxi and private hire news stories from September 2020. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please subscribe to receive the ‘Your Taxi Brief…‘ direct.  We hope you, as so many others, enjoy it! Subscribe!

Today Westminster Magistrates Court handed down its judgement in Uber London Limited v Transport for London & Others [2020] EW Misc 20 (MagC) (28 September 2020).  It was tasked with considering an appeal by Uber London Limited (Uber) against the decision taken by Transport for London (TfL), on 25th November 2020, not to renew its…

Today the Westminster Magistrates Court handed-down its judgement in the case of Uber London Limited v Transport for London & Others [2020] EW Misc 20 (MagC) (28 September 2020).  It centres on an appeal by Uber against TfLs refusal to grant a private hire operator licence renewal on 25th November 2019.  The regulator had found…

Today it was confirmed the High Court had given permission for a judicial review application on a challenge to the London Streetspace Scheme and Bishopsgate road restrictions (R (United Trade Action Group Limited & Others ) v Transport for London & Others [2020] (Ref. CO/2854/2020 & CO/2995/2020)).  *UPDATE: On 12th October 2020, it was reported,…

Today the Government laid before Parliament an update to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020.  These amendments add taxis and private hire vehicles to the modes of transport in which there is a requirement to wear a face mask (Health Protection (Coronavirus,…

Today the Department for Transport (DfT) Director: Local Transport, Stephen Fidler, issues a ‘Taxi & PHV Licensing – Supporting The Sector & School Return‘ letter to licensing authorities.  It highlights a concerns regarding “…shortages of supply…” from placing “…new applications on hold…” and reminds licensing authorities that “…[t]axi and private hire vehicle licensing is a…

Today the Department for Transport (DfT) issued a letter entitled ‘Taxi & PHV Licensing – Supporting The Sector & School Return’ to licensing authorities.  It details concerns about the “…shortage of supply…” within the sector caused by “…licensing authorities put[ting] new applications on hold in order to focus on dealing with renewal applications…”.  The DfT,…

Travis Morley is pleased to present our regular eflyer covering topical taxi and private hire news stories from August 2020. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please subscribe to receive the ‘Your Taxi Brief…‘ direct.  We hope you, as so many others, enjoy it! Subscribe!

Today the Department for Transport (DfT) issued a call for evidence on the use of an ‘Automated Lane Keeping System’. It states the “…Government is seeking views from the industry on the role of the driver and proposed rules on the use of the system to pave the way towards introducing it safely in Great…