Dundee Firm Loses Appeal
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71.1-1E Transport Tribunal, in Edinburgh I on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by the Dundee firm of Allison's Transport (Contracts). Ltd., against a decision of the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority. Allison's had applied to increase their fleet by five articulated and five rigid vehicles—and the 'Authority had granted a licence for three vehicles of each type. The Tribunal reduced the number of vehicles to be granted to three—Allison's choosing that they should be two articulated and one rigid. This was because the Tribunal upheld a British Railways appeal against the grant. Giving the decision, thechairrhan,Sir Hubert Hull, said; "We did not agree with the view apparently taken by the Deputy Licensing Authority that the mere fact standing by itself, that Allison's had to hire to the extent of 21 or 22 per cent. of their total revenue, justifies an increase in the licensed fleet."
The Tribunal believed that there was evidence that in some cases sub-contracting facilities were inadequate, in other cases unsuitable, and that what was normally referred to under the general heading of "inconvenience" had been established.