Haulier Shouts at Transport Tribunal
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A HAULIER who started shouting at rA. the Transport Tribunal in London, on Monday, was warned by the president, Mr. Hubert Hull, that he would have to leave if he did not behave himself. "We are not here to be shouted at," he told Mr. G. E. White, Birmingham, who was appealing against a decision by the West Midland Licensing Authority.
Mr. White replied: "You do not want me to place evidence before you because you are protecting the Licensing Authority."
The exchanges began when Mr. White raised his voice' while outlining the grounds for his appeal. He said the Authority had refused 18 applications for licences. One ground of his appeal was that the applications had been refused in
B28 chambers, giving him no chance to produce evidence at a public inquiry.
Mr. Hull pointed out that the Authority was not bound to hold a public inquiry, and therefore that ground of appeal would be rejected. Mr. White went on to say that the applications were delayed, to which the president replied that they had been thoroughly heard, so there was nothing in that suggestion.
When Mr. White claimed that the Authority had been vindictive and had harassed him, Mr. Hull said that was not a ground of appeal.
As Mr. White began reading from a number of letters and documents, he was interrupted by Mr. Hull, who gave him a five-minute time limit to say ." something relevant to this appeal." Several times Mr. White had to be asked to talk quietly, and finally Mr. Hull declared that the Tribunal would listen to no more details about events :before Mr. White's last appeal.
Mr. White continued talking for some time, and the president remarked: "We have heard more than we want to hear about his appeal." To this, Mr. White exclaimed: "You don't want to hear the truth. That's the whole trouble."
Dismissing the appeal, Mr. Hull said the Tribunal had listened with as much patience as they could muster to 30 minutes devoted to putting before them only irrelevant matters. Nothing had been said which could justify their reversing the Authority's decision.