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Administrative law

Kamaljit Aujlay v The Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The Tribunal allowed an ADI appeal and set aside removal from the register, finding no proved knowledge or recklessness and no proportionate basis for removal.

  • Fit and proper person test
  • Removal from professional register
  • Conflict of interest
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Fit-and-proper-person-test
  • Professional-registration
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Transport law

Anthony Brayley-Willmetts, Re

The Upper Tribunal dismissed a transport manager’s appeal, holding that findings of poor maintenance control and loss of good repute were justified and proportionate.

  • Loss of repute
  • Disqualification of transport manager
  • Operator licensing
  • Vehicle maintenance compliance
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Transport-law
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Charity law

Suzanne Goodband v The Charity Commission for England and Wales

Ms Goodband was a trustee at all material times and was responsible for, knew of, or contributed to misconduct or mismanagement in the charity, including reckless management of conflicts of interest and excessive remuneration. She was found unfit to be a charity trustee due to recklessness and lack of objectivity, though not dishonesty. A disqualification order is necessary in the public interest, but a seven-year period is proportionate given the circumstances.

  • Trustee disqualification
  • Misconduct or mismanagement in charities
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Remuneration of trustees
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
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Administrative law

Bell Transport & Anor v Head of the Transport Regulation Unit

The Upper Tribunal allowed Bell Transport’s appeal and allowed Robert Bell’s appeal in part, setting aside the good-repute finding but upholding revocation of his sole trader licence.

  • Revocation of operator's licence
  • Good repute requirement
  • Burden of proof
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Procedural fairness
  • Operator-licence-revocation
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Administrative law [2020] EWCA Civ 1706

Coach Hire Surrey Ltd & Anor v Traffic Commissioner for the London and South East Traffic Area

Coach Hire Surrey Ltd & Anor v Traffic Commissioner for the London and South East Traffic Area [2020] EWCA Civ 1706 (17 December 2020)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge to a 10-year PSV operator disqualification, holding the traffic commissioner had not erred in principle or law.

  • Disqualification of operator's licence
  • Good repute in operator licensing
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Statutory guidance and directions
  • Role of upper tribunal in appeals
  • Operator-licence-disqualification
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Administrative law

Coach Hire Surrey Ltd & Anor

The Court of Appeal upheld a 10-year PSV operator disqualification, finding no error in the Traffic Commissioner’s regulatory judgment or proportionality assessment.

  • Public service vehicle operator licensing
  • Disqualification of company directors
  • Good repute in licensing
  • Statutory guidance and directions
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Public-service-vehicle-licensing
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Charity law

Zakir Abdul-Karim Naik v The Charity Commission for England and Wales

The Tribunal upheld Dr Naik’s charity trustee disqualification in principle, but reduced the period from 15 years to seven and a half years.

  • Charity trustee disqualification
  • Public trust and confidence in charities
  • Interpretation of statutory criteria
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Freedom of expression
  • Human rights considerations
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Administrative law

Autonomous Non-Profit Organisation TV-Novosti, R (On the Application Of) v The Office of Communications

The High Court upheld Ofcom’s findings that RT breached due impartiality rules and held the regime compatible with Article 10, while allowing review of the sanction’s proportionality.

  • Due impartiality in broadcasting
  • Freedom of expression (article 10 echr)
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Broadcasting-law
  • Freedom-of-expression
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Administrative law

Utah Elliot v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

Appeal allowed against removal from the Approved Driving Instructors Register after a mobile phone motoring offence. The tribunal found exceptional circumstances and held removal would be disproportionate.

  • Fit and proper person test
  • Approved driving instructor register
  • Motoring offences
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Fit-and-proper-person
  • Approved-driving-instructors
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Administrative law

Catch22bus Ltd & Anor v The Secretary of State for Transport

The Court of Appeal upheld revocation of a PSV operator’s licence after finding covert filming and distribution of a traffic commissioner video was relevant to good repute.

  • Good repute in operator licensing
  • Relevance of non-criminal conduct
  • Proportionality of regulatory sanctions
  • Judicial review of tribunal decisions
  • Good-repute
  • Operator-licensing
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