Partnership is questioned
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• Cedric Johnson's loose form" of partnership with his nephew Peter brought an adjournment of a licence renewal hearing.
Johnson, trading as CA and PA Johnson, of Harrogate, had applied to renew his licence for five vehicles and four trailers.
After North Eastern Deputy Licencing Authority H Anthony Richardson said that accounts produced indicated that the owner of the business was Peter Johnson, Cedric Johnson said he had lost his LGV driving licence as a result of a heart condition.
His nephew had said he would take over so they formed what they thought was a loose partnership.
Richardson said that it seemed that Peter Johnson had been trading for more than 12 months under a licence granted to Cedric Johnson. If it was to be a partnership the application was invalid. It seemed to him to be the business of Peter Johnson. The only application he had in front of him was for Cedric Johnson. What was needed was a new application in either Peter Johnson's name or in the name of them both. It was not possible to swap an operator's licence.