High Court on Insurance Claims

By Admin | 15/09/2020

Today the High Court handed-down its judgement in the test case of The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Limited & Others [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm) on business interruption insurance and COVID-19 claim refusals by insurers.  Whilst somewhat complex, and lengthy, the decision appears to have found in favour of the FCA and the entitlement…

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DfT Issues Authorities Letter

By Admin | 10/09/2020

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…

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DfT on Project Restart

By Admin | 10/09/2020

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,…

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Your Taxi Brief… September 2020

By Admin | 01/09/2020

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!

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DfT Automated Lane System

By Admin | 18/08/2020

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…

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Court of Appeal on Congestion Charge

By Admin | 05/08/2020

Today the Court of Appeal handed-down its judgement in the case of R (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v Mayor of London & Others [2020] EWCA Civ 1046 challenging the removal of a private hire vehicle exemption from congestion charging in London. The appellants contested that the “…removal of the congestion charge exemption unlawfully indirectly…

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Tax Checks on Licence Renewals

By Admin | 21/07/2020

Today the HMRC announced proposals to introduce ‘New Tax Checks on Licence Renewal Applications’.  It states: “Licensing bodies will be required to signpost first-time applicants to HMRC guidance about their potential tax obligations and obtain confirmation that the applicant is aware of the guidance before considering the application. Where the application is not a first-time…

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DfT Publishes Statutory Standards

By Admin | 21/07/2020

Today the Department for Transport (DfT) published its ‘Statutory Taxi & Private Hire Vehicle Standards’ (pursuant to s.177 Policing & Crime Act 2017).  It offers licensing authorities: “…statutory guidance on exercising taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions to protect children and vulnerable individuals who are over 18 from harm when using these services…”  (at para.…

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Tribunal on Hairdressers Status

By Admin | 16/07/2020

Today an Employment Tribunal in Manchester issued its judgement on a claim for holiday, sickness and redundancy payments. The case of Gorman v Terence Paul (Manchester) Ltd 2410722/2019 (16 July 2020) centred on whether the claimant, a hairdresser, should be classified as an “employee” rather than, as contested by the respondent, self-employed.  Employment Judge Batten…

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