Licence Type

Date

Brief Description of Case

Other Information:

Enforcement Action Taken:

1.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

31.01.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

Licence reinstated 08.02.2023

Licence Suspended pending further information

2.

Private Hire Driver Licence

09.02.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

Licence reinstated 13.03.2023

Licence Suspended pending further information

3.

First Applicant

11.02.2023

Previously licensed by Brighton and Hove City Council as a Hackney Carriage Driver. Discretionary information revealed an allegation of rape in 2005 but aquitted in Court. Driver admitted to the Police that he had consensual sexual intercourse with the 16 year old passenger in the taxi  having initially denied any sexual impropriety.

 

Licence Renewal Refused in 2016

Driver appealed our decision in the Magistrates Courts and in March 2017 the magistrates upheld our decision not to renew.

Another  application was made in 2017. This was also refused as The Council  remained concerned that the driver posed a risk to the safety of future vulnerable passengers the Driver might carry. 

Currently Holds a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence

Application Refused

4.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

22.02.2023

Female passenger reported  that during the journey the driver was asking sexual questions and asked her to touch him inappropriately. 

There was also a similar complaint in relation to conduct with female passengers in October 2021.

 

Renewal of Licence Refused

5.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

08.03.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

Licence reinstated 21.03.2023

Licence Suspended pending further information

6.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

13.03.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

Licence reinstated 30.03.2023

Licence Suspended pending further information

7.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

17.03.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

Licence reinstated 23.03.2023

Licence Suspended pending further information

8.

Private Hire Driver Licence

17.03.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

Licence reinstated 20.03.2023

Licence Suspended pending further information

9.

Private Hire Driver Licence

29.03.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

 

Licence Suspended pending further information

10.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

05.04.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

Licence reinstated 11.04.2023

Licence Suspended pending further information

11.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

03.05.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

 

Licence Suspended pending further information

12.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

09.05.2023

Driver failed to provide an upto date medical

 

Licence Suspended pending provision of medical

13.

First Applicant

16.05.2023

Applicant had 2 Convictions, 1 of Battery in April 2014 and 1 of ABH in January 2019.

 

 

Application Refused

14.

First Applicant

02.06.2023

Applicant  had 2 Convictions, 1 Using False Instrument with intent and Perverting  the Course Of Justice on 19th December 2019.

 

 

Application Refused

15.

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Dual Licence

06.06.2023

Driver does not meet DVLA Group 2 Medical Standard

 

Licence Suspended pending further information