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11th June 1992, Page 16
11th June 1992
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Claim dismissed IIII Brian Jackson, who was sacked by ANC after he had allegedly punched his co-driver during a double-manned journey to Scotland, has lost a claim for unfair dismissal before a Birmingham Industrial Tribunal.

One for six

• Maintenance problems have led to Kingswinford-based Farleyway Chemicals having its six-vehicle one-trailer licence renewed for one year only. West Midland LA Mervyn Pugh emphasised to the company that operations had to revolve around maintenance and not the other way round.

Height penalty II Failing to display the height of a load in a lorry cab cost Quinn Plant Hire of Oldham £.350 before Nottingham Magistrates. A crane jib was 25mrn too high for a bridge and swung into a bus, killing three passengers. Driver Nigel Brindley was fined £180 for careless driving.

Charge denied

• Cumbrian lorry driver David Shepherd has denied a charge of driving without due care and attention, following an accident in which his artic struck a 14-year-old boy cyclist. Manchester Magistrates have adjourned the case for trial in August.

Evans fined

• Leonard Evans, trading as L&D International Haulage of Oswestry, was lined £2,900 by Steyning Magistrates, with £200 costs after admitting two offences of falsifying tachograph charts and seven of permitting a driver to take insufficient weekly rest.


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