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Uber appealed against the decision and was granted an extension in the form of a 15-month provisional license, by the chief magistrate. Since Uber’s launch in 2012 it has been subject to high levels of scrutiny from both TfL and TPH Associations. This was largely due to the firm’s failure to report serious criminal offences and carry out inter alia sufficient background checks on drivers. It was considered not ‘fit and proper’, and TfL decided against renewing its five-year license. Uber, the largest ride-hailing app in the world, had its first licensing dispute on 30 th September 2017.
PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE AUTHORITY UBER DRIVERS
Taxi & Private Hire (“TPH”) drivers and operators are licensed by their relevant Local Authority or, in London, by Transport for London (“TfL”). In this article, Abbas Nawrozzadeh (Senior Solicitor and Head of Regulatory & White Collar Crime at Eldwick Law) sheds some light on the licensing regime, explains what it means to be ‘fit and proper’ and outlines how private hire drivers and operators go about challenging adverse decisions. There have also been reports of sexual assault and other serious crimes. These included incidents where people have died due to reckless driving, driving without insurance, speeding and driving under the influence. The article revealed two-thirds of mini-cab driving offences are committed by Uber drivers. It mentioned that Uber has a tendency to report “less serious matters” which are “less damaging to its reputation”. In the summer of 2018 a letter from Neil Billany, the Head of the Metropolitan Police Service’s (“MPS”) Taxi and Private Hire Unit, surfaced in the Sunday Times. The recent news of Uber’s loss of a licence to operate in London has everyone talking, but comes as no surprise given the history of Uber’s tumultuous relationship with Transport for London (“TfL”).
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A comment from Eldwick Law, specialists in licensing law, on the much-publicised Uber decision and the wider implications on private hire drivers and taxi appeals.