London ban: the wait goes on
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INDUSTRY still waited the High Court judgment this week on whether the Greater London Council's proposed night and weekend lorry ban will go ahead.
Mr Justice McNeill was still studying the legal arguments brought forward in the High Court fight between the GLC and Transport Secretary Nicholas Ridley, who moved to block the ban.
Despite the wait for the judgment and the GLC asked Mr justice McNeill for a speedy judgment when the three-day hearing ended midJune GLC transport cornmittee chair Dave Wetzel is "quietly confident", he told CM.
The GLC was pleased with its lawyers' performance before the judge and the DTp lawyers did concede that the GLC had acted within the law in moving ahead with the ban. However, the main argument over whether or not Mr Ridley acted unlawfully in blocking the ban was still contested in the court room.
FTA planning and information director Richard Turner said: "It is impossible to say what the outcome will be, it's all a matter of legal interpretation now."