BAKER APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART
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THE Transport Tribunal, in Edinburgh
this week, dismissed the main part and allowed re-hearing of the " delivery " part of an appeal by R. W. Baker 4Stonehouse) Ltd. against refusal by the Scottish Licensing Authority to allow the addition of three vehicles in the Scottish area on A licence, a van of R tons and two articulated units. The LA had taken the view that there was no prima facie case, that there had been no proof of need or serious inconvenience, and that the applicant had failed to prove need for collection and delivery. The applicant had no licences in the Scottish area, but operated A licences covering 33 vehicles in the Western traffic area.
Giving the Tribunal's decision, the president, Mr. Squibb, said that the appellant operated the 33 vehicles for trunk services to Falkirk. The van and the two artics fell to be considered
separately, the van to distribute goods brought to Falkirk by the trunk vehicles, the allies to carry goods out. At the end of the first day the LA had said at that stage there was a case. for the van, hut no case for the artics. The following day no further evidence for the van was called for, the only evidence being for the artics.
The Tribunal considered that the LA was right in his original view regarding the van. The right course would be to remit to the 1.A to hear evidence of the objectors. Regarding the artics, the Tribunal thought the LA right to accept the submission of "no case ". Looking at the evidence it came to the conclusion that a very strong case was needed for expected future traffic and such a case had not been made for the two artics. That part of the appeal was therefore dismissed,