Refusal rate for restricted applications hits 80%
The refusal rate for applications for new Restricted PSV O-licences stands at 80%. Nine-out-of-10 refusals relate to failures to meet…
Driver banned after injuring pedestrian
Former Stagecoach driver Alistair Forbes, 58, of Dundee “knowingly” ran a red light in Broughty Ferry before his double-decker hit a…
Coach crash company fined for drivers hours offences
Express Motors, of Penygroes, near Caernarfon which was involved in a crash in eastern France last July carrying teenagers to…
Licence bid succeeds after training undertaken
Haroon Shamim, one of a number of Bolton-based family members who had their restricted licences revoked in July by Deputy…
New broom ‘needs to keep on brushing rigourously’
Blaming maintenance problems on buses used on local authority school contracts aged 21-29-years-old, Malcolm Harris, a partner in Ross-on-Wye based…
France crash driver in court
The driver of an Express Motors coach that crashed in France last July, seriously injuring two of the 48 people…
Former Padarn MD ordered to pay £42,894 compensation
Former Padarn Bus MD John Hulme has been ordered to pay Gwynedd County Council (GCC) £42,894 at a proceeds of…
Refusal of licence for sister of rogue brothers upheld on appeal
The Tribunal dismissed the appeal after TC Nick Jones’ concerns that Ms Aziz was a front for her brothers or…
Refusal of ‘frivolous’ licence upheld on appeal
Tribunal finds that Mr Bains had not addressed concerns regarding his repute, his main occupation, or links to his father’s…
Driver loses unfair dismissal claim, after being sacked
A National Express West Midlands (NEWM) bus driver with an excellent record over 14 years, who was sacked after allegedly…
