Move For Legal Representation
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AMOVEMENT which, unless checked, may have the effect of materially increasing the cost of licence applications; particularly by small hauliers, who will be forced to obtain. legal representation, was brought to light, on Monday, at a sitting of the. South-Eastern Licensing Authority, at Brighton.
Mr. E. L. Reif, secretary of the Sussex Carriers Association, who appeared for an applicant, complained that the Southern Railway Co., which objected, had refused to .discuss with him, prior to the inquiry, the ternis on which it .would Withdraw its objection. Sir Ronald Ross, for the SR., stated that Mr. Relf was neither a solicitor nor a barrister, and he, .Would not, therefore, discuss the matter with him.
On -Wednesday, the Appeal Tribunal
held an inquiry into the question of whether the Sussex Carriers Association represented a substantial number of -persons interested in, or likely to be affected by, dee"isions of the Tribunal. Ender Regulation 11 (2) (a) of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933 (Appeal Tribunal) Rules, 1934, an appellant or respondent may appoint as au advocate an officer of any association or body (Of which he is a member), which ''satisfies the .Tribtinal that it represents a substantial number of persons concerned with the Tribunal's decisions.
The Tribunal decided against the Association and withdrew the approval previously given. Mr. Reif, who represented Mr. E. W. Cooper in an , appeal on Wednesday, will no longer be able to appear before the Tribunal.