Archive: Bus and Coach
A PSV Operator Who had Suffered a Wheel Loss Incident Keeps Licence at Public Inquiry
This Operator, represented by Senior Solicitor, Murray Oliver, was called to Public Inquiry following a wheel loss incident. Losing a wheel is one of the 7 Most serious infringements which may result in the automatic revocation of an O licence. The operator’s immediate changes to its systems for recording wheel […]
Operator Dealt With by Fine of Only £250.00 For Two Offences Involving Photocopied Operator Licence Discs
This operator, represented by barrister, Millicent Dooher, was facing prosecution for 2 offences of making and possessing a document closely resembling an Operator’s Licence disc, namely a photocopy of the authorised discs. This matter is an either way offence: if dealt with at the Crown Court, it carries up to […]
Operator is Successful in his Application for a New Standard National PSV O Licence after their First Restricted PSV O Licence was Revoked.
Murray Oliver, Solicitor represented the applicant and proposed transport manager after the application for a new standard national O licence was referred to a Public Inquiry. The Operator was able to show the Traffic Commissioner that he had learnt from past mistakes and that his new operator’s licence would also […]
Bus Company Escapes with Formal Warning at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
The operator in this matter, represented at Public Inquiry by barrister, Harry Bowyer, brought himself to the attention of the DVSA by presenting a Bus with loose wheel nuts for MOT. This was followed by an unsatisfactory DVSA visit. They instructed a competent Transport Consultant who updated their systems and […]
Operator Keeps Licence Despite Losing Good Repute as Transport Manager at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
The operator in this matter, represented at Public Inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, was advanced in years and set in his ways. He had an in-house mechanic who had an interestingly cavalier attitude to compliance and paperwork. Our transport consultant was horrified when he came in for a compliance visit […]
PSV Licence Granted in Full by the Traffic Commissioner Following Call to Public Inquiry
Millicent Dooher represented this operator, called for the Traffic Commissioner upon an application for a PSV licence. The application had been called in following previous licence history and a concern over the operating centre and the Transport Manager. The Traffic Commissioner was satisfied with the Operator and Transport Manager and […]
Restricted PSV Licence Granted at Preliminary Hearing after Concerns about “Main Occupation.”
This operator, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer, was a bathroom fitting company in a remote part of the UK. The father of the directors ran a seasonal business operating a short bus route for tourists which the directors wished to continue. The Central Licensing office was somewhat bemused as to […]
Coach Company Keeps Licence, Despite Regulatory Failings, After Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
This Operator, represented at Public Inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, were called into Public Inquiry as a result of a coach being used to carry football fans to a match without complying with the regulations. The same coach was discovered to have a tyre worn down to the canvas. The […]
Wheel Loss on School Bus – Operator Escapes with Warning and Transport Manager Keeps Repute at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
The operator in this case, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer at Public Inquiry, suffered a wheel loss on a coach with schoolchildren on board. The operator immediately began an investigation into the causes of the wheel loss. They instructed a competent transport consultant to finesse their systems. They commissioned two […]
Conditional Discharge for PSV Driver for Tachograph and Drivers’ Hours Offences.
The PSV driver was represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, at the Magistrates’ Court after the driver was caught by DVSA officers having failed to take a sufficient break and pulling his tachograph card whilst transporting school children. The Magistrates were persuaded to impose a conditional discharge rather than a fine, […]
