Fresh licence
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• Accrington haulier Ian Smith, trading as Meerkats Int Low Loaders, whose licence was revoked when he failed to attend a disciplinary inquiry before North Western DTC Patrick Mulvenna, has been granted a fresh international licence for one vehicle and one trailer by DTC Mark Hinchliffe.
False records
• Convictions for falsifying tachograph records have led to the licence held by Lauder owner-driver Robert Muir being suspended for two weeks by Scottish TC Michael Betts. Muir had been convicted of five offences of falsifying tachograph records and one offence of failing to keep a tachograph record.
Fatal accident
• West Midland owner-driver Keith Bloor, who was involved in a fatal accident 18 months ago, escaped with a warning at a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry. West Midland TC John Mervyn Pugh considered that Bloor, who trades as K&R Transport, of Wombourne, had suffered enough.
Lost charts
• Llanelli magistrates have fined Cardiff haulier Jean Proctor, trading as JCP Transport, £500 with DO costs after she admitted failing to produce tachograph records. The court heard that a driver had left the charts in the cab of his broken-down truck and they were lost when it was taken for repair.