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No Decision on Fast Freights Appeal T HE Transport Tribunal reserved

1st May 1964, Page 61
1st May 1964
Page 61
Page 61, 1st May 1964 — No Decision on Fast Freights Appeal T HE Transport Tribunal reserved
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its decision in London last week on an appeal by a King's Lynn haulier who has been handling the East Anglian transport of Campbell's Soups Ltd. on a contract licence. (The Commercial Motor, April 24.) Fast Freights (Road Haulage) Ltd. appealed against the decision of the Eastern deputy L.A. not to allow the company to transfer four vehicles from Contract to public A licence. There were five respondents to the appeal.

Mr. A. J. F. Wrottesley, for British Railways, submitted that the financial difficulties of the appellants were of thei own making. There was the strongest possible assumption on the evidence that Fast 'Freights had entered the contract ith ,Campbell's at a rate which was unjustifiably low.

Mr. H...podds, for three local• respondents; Sommerfeld and Thomas Ltd., S. NV: Mitchley and;34. G. Loades, said his clients-h.ad .sliewri that they had availabilit-y of transport to Meet .CampbelFs 'needs, The evidence of the local objectors was that they could.do a part of the work themselves and could 'arrange for the rest to be done: This was, in fact, the same as• the present 'situ.ationl For the Transport 'I-folding Co. Mr. R. M. Yorke said that if 'Mr.-_Lewington: managing director of the appellant company, had applied for a public licence in 1961 when he started the work for Campbell's, ne..would not have stood a chance, as the work was being done' Satisfactorily by other hauliers, 'Instead he had got a :contract licerice, had then found it uncomfortable, and within two years had applied for a public licerice.

Replying for the appellants, Mr. Jackson-Lipkin asked if it was right to force Fast Freights and Campbell's to continue with a contract that was running at a loss. The application was in the interests of Campbell's and Mr. Lewington, he said, and was also in the interests or the public, as it would prevent an increase in the price of soup.

A grant would not adversely affect any of the objectors, added Mr. JacksonLipk in.