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Tribunal upholds financial standing ruling

A COMPANY THAT was unable to produce evidence of its financial standing, despite being given 3 wo opportunities to do so, has 1st its appeal against the refusual f its licence application.

The Transport Tribunal upheld the decision of North-Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner 1 Mark Hinchliffe to refuse to grant a licence for 10 vehicles and 15 trailers to Nationwide Logistics, trading as R&H Haulage (`No licence for firm that failed to add up'. CM 19 March.) Nationwide had been operating under interim authority since January 2008. In December 2007, TC Beverley Bell revoked the licence of R&H Haulage and disqualified the company and director Tony Bragg from holding or obtaining an 0-licence for five years.

When Nationwide's application first came before the DTC in October 2008, he was told that new director Velma Hinckson had spotted a business opportunity and invested £100,000 in R&H Haulage.

The DTC adjourned the hearing for further evidence because he was concerned that the financial information produced was for R&H Haulage and not Nationwide (CM 6 November 2008).

Nationwide was given a further opportunity in December 2008 to produce the required evidence, but failed to do so. The firm also failed to attend the reconvened public inquiry in February and provided none of the requested documents.

Before the Tribunal, Hinckson claimed she had not had notice of the February hearing. She said she had sent in three months' bank statements and that the failure to hand them to the DTC was due to incompetence by Traffic Area staff. She also alleged that the company's application had been mishandled throughout.

Dismissing the appeal, the Tribunal said it was satisfied the DTC did not have the bank statements and there was no failure to pass them on by Traffic Area staff Nor did it accept Hinckson was unaware of the February hearing date.


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