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Green v Turkington
(DC) Divisional Court
c.1975

[1975] R.T.R. 322
(1975) 119 S.J. 356

Summary

Subject: Road traffic


Offence: Taxicabs; notice on hire car; whether "may suggest" car used for carrying passengers

Summary: The words "may suggest" in theLondon Cab (No.2) Order 1973 para. 3(2) mean what they say and not "which is reasonably likely to suggest." A owned a private hire-car which displayed a sticker reading "Speedicars " supplied by B, the manager of that company. A's car was on a road by the company's premises, which displayed a larger notice bearing the same legend.

A and B were charged with causing to be displayed on a private hire-car a notice which, having regard to the time, place and circumstances of its display, might suggest to a person seeking to hire a private hire-car or cab that the vehicle was used for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire or reward, contrary to para. 3(2) of the London Cab (No.2) Order 1973. The magistrates dismissed the informations, on the ground that the notices were not reasonably likely to suggest those facts.

On appeal by the prosecution, held, allowing the appeal, that the notice on the car alone "might suggest" the prohibited information, and the case would be remitted to the magistrates with a direction to convict.
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