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The enivatable Reading judgement has finally been laid down by the powers that be. But for some reason I get the distinct feeling that this will not be the last excursion into the realms of legal challenge.

One can see why Taxi proprietors in restricted Authorities feel compelled to safeguard their standard of living, but they really should inform themselves of the likelihood of success before commiting large amounts of money to a lost cause.

http://www.getreading.co.uk/story.asp?intid=9271

Best wishes

John Davies.

The Reading decision was wholy predictable, didnt they get a legal opinion first?

£25,000 in costs later they are claiming victory,(the drivers) merely the judge saying he didnt want to interfere.

this is what premiums do, it isnt the number of taxis itself thats being defended, its the premiums itself, and it prevents a good service.

Reading taxi drivers have followed the path of many, and many more will in the future.

Did anyone outside of the Reading taxi trade think they were going to win?

Alex

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So Mr I've just lost the lads up to £25,000 says, “It’s disappointing. But the court has not said the council was right, only that it was not prepared to interfere with the council’s decision."

But the judge says, “Bearing in mind the extent of the discretion vested in the council, it seems to me the committee was entitled to take the decision it did for the reasons expressed. “In short, I have concluded that this application for judicial review must fail”.

Not only that, but how much support will the taxi lads get from the council now, when they have to explain in a Transport Plan, why they restrict?

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many times you get the same old mouths saying we need to have a whip round for this and that.
But 25 grand?

they should still be listened to by the council, it was bad news that this got to court, as the council needs permission from the ombudsman, to go to court and he will only risk public money if he feels they can win.

even though, the voice is more silent after a defeat.

my worry is that the taxi men dont think they have been defeated, now that is some stupidity.

I think the head honcho is trying to justify the costs to those who put the money up.

You wonder if that 25 thousand includes the council's costs. For the Reading lads sake, I hope it does.

Alex

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It's the same old story.

The lads believe the one with the biggest trap must know what he is talking about. He says they have a chance, the unions say he has a chance, so in flows the money.

The courts laugh at them, and out flows the money.

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