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Tribunal supports TC's judgement over repute
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I by Mice Jewell
Part-time transport manager Michael Waddington has lost his appeal against the decision of North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney that he had lost his repute.
Macartney held that Waddington, a partner in transport consultancy Blake & Waddington, had forfeited his repute by not providing continuous and effective control of six licences on which he was the nominated transport manager (CM13-19 March).
Before the Transport Tribunal it was argued that the TC had been biased because Waddington had earlier complained about alleged incompetence in the Traffic Area Office and by the IC himself The IC's view that Waddington needed to work between 69 and 77 hours a week as transport manager for six licences was criticised. ft was maintained that the TO had misinterpreted what had been said by Waddington and other witnesses (CM19-25 June).
Dismissing Waddington's appeal, the Tribunal said that it was clear that he was not putting in the hours that he should have been to demonstrate continuous and effective control as transport manager of Marty's Transport and Mar-Sea Express. h was unlikely that he was putting in the number of hours to be an effective transport manager on the other four licences, it added. The Tribunal was also satisfied that there was no evidence of bias and that there was ample evidence upon which the TO could conclude that Waddington had lost his good repute.
"In fact any other decision would have been perverse," said the Tribunal.