Munro v. Highland Council [2002] ScotCS 283 (18 October 2002)

Munro v. Highland Council [2002] ScotCS 283 (18 October 2002)

Where a person is both fined and disqualified from driving, the rehabilitation period is the longer of the two sentences; thus, the five-year period for the fine applied, and the conviction was not spent at the date of refusal.

Citation
[2002] ScotCS 283
Parties
Pursuer/appellant and Respondent: Roderick Alistair Munro; Defenders/respondents and Appellants: The Highland Council
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
18 October 2002
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Inner House, Court of Session, From Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands at Inverness
Outcome
Defenders' appeal allowed; case remitted to sheriff to deal with second ground of appeal.
Legal Topics
Taxi Licensing, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Spent Convictions, Drink Driving Offences
Administrative Law Licensing Law Criminal Law Taxi Licensing Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Spent Convictions Drink Driving Offences

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Parties

Roderick Alistair Munro

Pursuer/appellant and Respondent

The Highland Council

Defenders/respondents and Appellants

Procedural Posture

Appeal / Inner House, Court of Session, From Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands at Inverness

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the pursuer's drink driving conviction was 'spent' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 at the date of refusal of his taxi licence application
  2. 2 Whether the licensing authority erred in law by considering a spent conviction

Ratio Decidendi

Where a person is both fined and disqualified from driving, the rehabilitation period is the longer of the two sentences; thus, the five-year period for the fine applied, and the conviction was not spent at the date of refusal.

Court Disposition

Defenders' appeal allowed; case remitted to sheriff to deal with second ground of appeal.

Orders

  • Allow defenders' appeal
  • Remit case to sheriff to address second ground of appeal