Husband can't use wife's licence
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The husband of Bournemouthbased Donna Hammond, trading as Collingdale Transport, has been warned that he cannot continue to operate under her international licence after admitting that she no longer has anything to do with the business. Mrs Hammond had been called before Western Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps at a Bristol disciplinary inquiry The TC said that following a request for financial information, bank statements had been received in the name of a Mr Crutcher, who stated he had been appointed the administrator of another firm, Joinbrake.
Traffic examiner Paul Greenwood said the financial backer of the business was Joinbrake. Due to marital problems Mrs Hammond's husband, Shaun Hammond, was going to seek a licence in the name of Joinbrake.
Shaun Hammond said he and his wife were going through a divorce. He did not know why he had put the 0licence in her name, and he agreed with the IC that Joinbrake had been running the business for the past couple of years, explaining that he and his wife had regarded Joinbrake and Collingdale Transport as one.
He and his accountant were considering whether to apply for a licence in the name of Joinbrake or in his own name.
After the TC had commented that the problem was that Hammond was running illegally, Hammond admitted that he had been running for the past two months without a licence.
Indicating that he proposed revoking Mrs Hammond's licence in mid-August unless she could demonstrate she was the operator and had sufficient finance, the TC warned Shaun Hammond that if he continued running this would be taken into account when considering any application for a fresh licence.
Pointing out that Shaun Hammond was in some difficulty, the TC said that Joinbrake appeared to have debts it could not pay.