by kvcadmin | Feb 2, 2020 | Taxi news
FollowFollowFollowFollow Taxi and private hire licensing is strictly regulated, more so than most other types of licensing. Cleary there are good reasons for this however such a strictly regulated regime also such as hackney carriage and private hire licensing also...
by kvcadmin | Dec 9, 2019 | Taxi news
FollowFollowFollowFollow We have had a number of enquiries from Transport for London (TfL) private hire drivers whose licences have been revoked following the qualifications scam exposed by the BBC. In response, TfL has issued a blanket revocation of any private hire...
by kvcadmin | Dec 1, 2019 | Taxi news
FollowFollowFollowFollow I have extensively written about fit and proper and what this means for licence holders and applicants for a taxi or private hire licence. In my previous PHTM article, “Offences – What are the odds of getting a licence?”, I looked at some...
by kvcadmin | Nov 3, 2019 | Taxi news
FollowFollowFollowFollow Taxi and private hire licence holder must be medically fit and proper people in order to hold a licence. Assessing the fitness of a licence holder or applicant involves a number of assessments including those relating to the medical fitness...
by kvcadmin | Sep 9, 2019 | News, Taxi news
Taxi Defence Barristers (a subsidiary of Kings View Chambers) represented an applicant (Mr FC) who applied in 2018 for a private hire licence. In March 2019 Mr FC was refused on the basis of his DBS entry. This included a conviction in March 2012 for an offence of...
by kvcadmin | Sep 9, 2019 | News, Taxi news
Taxi Defence Barristers (a subsidiary of Kings View Chambers) represented an applicant (Mr MA) who was refused a private hire licence by TfL. He was refused on the basis of a DBS entry conviction dating back to 2012-2013 concerning the supply of Class B drugs....
