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Reference:
2018/1167
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Question by:
Andrew Dismore
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Meeting date:
17 May 2018
An issue that is causing a great deal of concern to private hire drivers, is the way TfL is imposing suspensions and revocations of licences with no respect for natural justice and no hearing or right to submit a written response to an allegation. To have a suspension lifted or revocation overturned, drivers have to pay a court fee of £250.00 for the privilege. Do you consider it is acceptable for TfL to suspend drivers' licences before any investigation takes place, leaving them without a salary and only having any subsequent appeal heard in a Magistrates Court; and if not...