Taxi Appeal
Minutes:
The Chairman welcomed Mrs. V. Brown, the Councils Litigation Solicitor to the meeting and thanked Mrs. V. Brown for providing the Committee with valuable feedback.
Mrs. V. Brown provided the Committee with a verbal update in relation to an Appeal to a decision taken by the Licensing (Miscellaneous) Sub-Committee A on 9th March 2010. The applicant had exercised his right of Appeal against the decision taken and the matter had been heard before Redditch Magistrates Court on 30th June 2010. The Magistrates heard evidence from the Council’s Licensing Officer and the applicant and after considering all of the evidence the Magistrates upheld the Appeal and determined that the applicant was a ‘Fit and Proper’ person as required by Sections 51 and 59 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. An application for costs in the sum of £650 had been requested by the applicant’s solicitor but the Magistrates did not make an Order for costs.
Mrs. V. Brown responded to questions from Members and requested that Members noted that in the last five years there had been only two Appeals to the Magistrate’s Court against decisions taken by the Licensing Sub-Committees.