M.A.T. Appeal Clarified in Written Judgment
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AS reported in The Commercial Motor, December 27 last, an appeal by M.A.T. Transport Ltd., London, against a decision of the Metropolitan deputy licensing Authority, has been allowed by the Transport Tribunal.
Last June the deputy Authority refused to allow M.A.T. Transport to add an articulated vehicle to its B licence and to restrict the use of another B-licensed vehicle. The company operates an articulated car transporter for internal deliveries from Acton Station and a Continental road services' department, also with articulated vehicles.
The Tribunal, in a written judgment, said this was not a case of new traffic, which ought, prima facie, to be catered for by existing transport facilities, if they were suitable. The traffic concerned was that of the appellant's existing customers and the need for further tractor capacity had arisen through the growth of the appellant's existing business, It did not appear to the Tribunal to be equitable that the appellants should be denied the ability to cope with the growth of their own business and be forced to hire a tractor from one of their competitors in ordcr to get their trailers moved,