Deputy TC’s decision overturned
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ALUMINIUM SHAPES, which had its O-licence revoked by Eastern deputy traffic commissioner (TC) Miles Dorrington, has appealed the decision after a judge said the ruling was “seriously flawed”, but the revocation case is to be reheard.
Upper tribunal judge Mark Hinchliffe overturned Dorrington’s decision, after he suspended the Corby-based firm’s licence for two vehicles at a public inquiry (PI) in February.
The firm made an O-licence application in September 2006, with the directors listed as Geoff Poyner, Paul Doran and Darren Henry. In September 2010, Vosa officers discovered that the directors were actually Michael Meyer and Martin Cooke after inspecting one of the firm’s vehicles. Neither had a background in transport. At the PI, Dorrington said that, in his view, the whole application had been “false” and void from the outset.
However, Hinchliffe said if the TC found the licence to be void from the outset, it was not logical for him to make directions suspending and revoking it. He said the case should be reheard.