TRADE-PLATE APPEAL SUCCEEDS
Page 65
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
y AST week the Queen's Bench Divisional 1-d Court allowed an appeal by Mr. Edward G. Jones, managing director of Border Garages (Llanidloes) Ltd., from a decision of Justices for the county of Montgomery convicting him of allowing limited trade licences and plates to be used by another person.
The court also allowed an appeal by Mr. Dennis Owen, manager, convicted of aiding the offence.
Both convictions were quashed with costs. Lord Parker, the Lord Chief Justice, who sat with Mr. Justice Sachs and Mr. Justice Widgery, said Mr. Jones owned 99 per cent of the company's shares and held limited trade licences issued by the local taxation authority. He was responsible for proper use of the trade plates, said their Lordships.
Mr. Owen, the manager, handed the trade plates to a man called Evans, who was not employed by the garage, to enable him to take his lorry to its destination. But the lorry was stopped on the way. The Justices found that Mr. Jones was not aware of what Mr. Owen had done but that this lack of knowledge did not matter. The Justices were clearly wrong, as one could not permit or allow something to be done without knowledge of the facts.
On the evidence Mr. Jones could not be convicted and it followed that neither could Mr. Owen.