Taxi Driver Online

Perth? Aren't they all saying they can't enforce limits on numbers because of legal challenge?

The Judge said that a case could be made if the plate was transferred for money prior to the 1985 Transport Act, after that it was a case of buyer beware.

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IDFIMH

European case law was well debated during the Royden hearing, and it came out as not protecting plate premiums.

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IDFIMH

No property is being lost, just an investment/gamble.

Same as when Northern Rock was nationalised, all those with shares lost their money.

If your scenario was right, then every Northern Rock investor would be entitled to their money back, as would every other shareholder of every other company who's shares lose their value.

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IDFIMH

I'm not sure what councils may be saying, but I'm 100% certain taxi restrictions are only legal if backed by a taxi survey.

And I have never read a council report that says otherwise.

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IDFIMH

No.

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IDFIMH

In most cases the HRA has had little effect.

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IDFIMH

Doesn't apply here.
Plates in Scotland are non-transferable.

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An interesting but little known fact... is that... a number of licences in Liverpool where owned by drug pushes.... who were brought to justice by the police..... the licences were seized by the courts, as assets of crime... the court appointed agents to sell the licences.. the courts instructed Liverpool council not to do anything that would interfere with their value... many of these licences were sold by the Court Agents... even though... many of them had legally expired... and had no vehicles attached... you might find this interesting.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

How does the premium exist then?

Clearly the proportionate response to under supply of taxis is to do a survey and issue plates as required, not de-restriction which results in huge oversupply.

This has nothing to do with Northern Rock, that was a Bank with shareholders, I am talking about the property of taxi drivers being destroyed as a result of disproportionate Council action.

Because some scrots like councilor Kerr of Edinburgh CC decided to restrict cab numbers, and continues to do so
Thereby creating a restricted market so plates along with the vehicle change hands for extortionate rates, and then are rented out to an idiot who pays up to £300 per week before fuel and a wage

Not in my view.

Is it in the interests of the wider community to have plate premiums? I don't think so.

That's where your proportionate theory falls.

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IDFIMH

Property values can always be affected by legislation, and the owners must accept that, but the authorities have to pay compensation under the HRA if they take disproportionate action.