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Licence abuse and cheap foreign drivers
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AN OPERATOR who specified other people's vehicles on his 0-licence has lost his appeal against revocation after the Transport Tribunal ruled that the firm was not a "genuine haulage contractor". His use of low-paid Romanian drivers was -uncompetitive".
Northampton-based Florian Ciornei, trading as Lorex, held an international licence for five vehicles and five trailers. His licence was revoked by the then Eastern TC Geoffrey Simms and he was disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence for three years.
The TC made the revocation and disqualification orders after hearing that Ciornei had specified other people's vehicles on his 0-licence. The transport manager was loan Don Todor.Two of the three vehicles specified were hired from Northampton Freight Services,Todor's firm.Todor or his firm paid the insurance for those two vehicles. All three vehicles were driven by self-employed drivers.
The TC said that a hire agreement between Northampton Freight Services, which had no licence, and Ciornei recorded that one vehicle was hired for £400 a month. There was no mention of a second vehicle, The TC could not accept that a goods vehicle could be hired legitimately for £100 a week:There was little to link Ciornei with the licence, or the operation of goods vehides at all (CM 19April).
The Tribunal said there was little documentary evidence to show that Ciornei was a genuine haulage contractor, and considered the use of self-employed Romanian drivers at a weekly rate of £200 to £250 to be "uncompetitive". It concluded that Ciornei was unable or incapable of running a compliant haulage operation.