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Appellant wants full vehicle
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• The refusal by the South Wales LA of a B licence application led to an appeal by Short Bros. (Transport) Ltd. before the Transport Tribunal on Wednesday. Respondents were THC (Pickfords Ltd.). After the hearing, Mr. G. D. Squibb QC, president, said the Tribunal's judgement would be given in writing.
'Short had applied for a B licence because it was often asked to carry return loads on its C-licensed vehicle and Mr. M. H. JacksonLipkin, for the appellant, said it was
accepted that a fully employed B vehicle was preferable to a C vehicle working with spare capacity. He reminded the Tribunal that Mr. Short had said the proportion of his company's hire and reward work would remain the same, and Mr. Short had undertaken not to make any more C licence applications if the B were granted.
For the respondents, Mr. Richard Yorke said there was no evidence of need, while the attitude adopted by the appellant was that his company (a plant hire contractor) should run vehicles fully laden, leaving any other work to the hauliers. Mr. Yorke contended that C-licensed vehicles always had a certain amount of capacity for "B-licence work"; if this decision were reversed, it would create a dangerous precedent.