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• North London-based haulier David Sawyer, who had two Operator's Licences revoked, used a third company to get round the revocations, said Metropolitan Licensing Authority Ronald Ashford at a public inquiry in London last week.
After hearing from a director who said that he could not remember signing three vehiclechange forms, but would not say he had not signed them, the LA revoked the licence.
When New Road Transport of Jeffreys Road, Enfield applied for an international licence for 10 vehicles and trailers it was owned by David and Valerie Sawyer. The application stated that no one connected with the company had ever had a licence refused or revoked — but that was false, said the LA. Christopher Hallsworth, for the company, said he knew that the LA was concerned that the Sawyers were shareholders of the company.
The LA explained that the Sawyers had owned Tryhard Transport and LTB Thear, whose licences had been revoked last year, and David Sawyer had also been refused a licence in the past.
Hallsworth said that in 1988 David Parry had been invited by David Sawyer to join New Road Transport as majority shareholder and managing director.
However, due to health problems Parry had not become involved in the business, but had believed that the shares would be transferred to him, said Hallsworth, who produced an accountant's letter stating that the shares had been transferred on 1 January 1990.
The LA said that a check at Companies House this year revealed that David and Valerie Sawyer each held 50% of the shares and Parry was shown only as a director.
Parry said that since his illness he had worked for only 10 or 12 weeks for the company. The LA drew Parry's attention to three GV80 forms purporting to have been signed by him in 1989 and 1990 and said that they did not agree with his statement that he had only worked for the company for the past 12 weeks.
After Parry gave a specimen signature, the LA said it appeared that two of the signatures were different.
The Sawyers had applied for a licence in the name of Dock Cargo Services with the application purported to be signed by Parry, but Parry did not recognise the signature, said the LA.
Hallsworth said that in view of what he had heard about the Sawyers and the 50 convictions recorded against them and their companies, Parry did not want to be associated with New Road Transport and did not want the licence to continue.