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DTC accepted no deceit had been intended by operator who used his father's licence
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A DEPUTY Traffic Commissioner accepted that a company which had operated on the licence of a liquidated firm for about 18 months had not intended to deceive the authorities. He granted the company interim authority to continue operating while its own application is processed.
H uddersfiel d-based Marsden, trading as Marsden Civil Engineering & Building Contractors., had been called before North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry.
The DTC was told that Marsden no longer existed, having been liquidated over 18 months ago. That company had been owned and run by Ben Marsden's father. He had taken over the business and formed a new company, Marsden Building Contractors (Northern), which had now lodged an application for afresh licence.
Ben Marsden explained that he had not been involved in running his father's business. He had no previous experience of 0-licensing. He had submitted the old company's licence renewal form in the new company's name and when the licence disc came back in the name of Marsden he had thought that it was all right. However, he was now aware that his company needed a fresh licence.
Granting the new company interim authority, the DTC accepted that although it had operated unlawfully for a period there had been no deliberate intent to do so. He revoked the old company's licence with effect from the end of the month if it had not been surrendered before then.