Uber High Court decision Q&A – BBC News
‘A High Court judge has ruled that the way the taxi-hiring app firm Uber calculates fares based on a “meter-like” system is not illegal.’
BBC News, 16th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: taxis
Uber wins high court case over taxi app – The Guardian
‘The taxi-booking service Uber has received a boost after the high court ruled that its app was legal in London. Had it lost the case, the company would have been forced to change its service to comply with rules that protect black-cab drivers.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK court to rule on whether Uber breaches rules on taximeters – OUT-LAW.com
‘A UK court is to rule on whether Uber’s mobile app breaches taxi regulations.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Uber fires back in high court row with TfL – The Guardian
‘Uber, the under-fire taxi-hailing app, has hit out at London’s transport regulator, Transport for London (TfL), for taking it to the high court on Monday in the latest threat to its explosive growth in the London taxi market.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Uber faces legal action in UK over drivers’ rights – The Guardian
‘Uber, the taxi-app firm, is facing legal action over whether it affords its drivers basic rights and treats them as employees rather than “partners” or “contractors”.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Oxfordshire CSE report recommends taxi regulation review – BBC News
‘A “robust overview” of taxi driver licensing in Oxfordshire is needed, according to a new report into child sexual exploitation in the county.’
BBC News, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
London black cab driver jailed for sex attacks on sleeping women – BBC News
‘A black cab driver who sexually assaulted two women who fell asleep in his taxi has been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 30th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wrongly accused man case reopened by North Wales Police – BBC News
‘Police are to reopen a case into a taxi driver who sexually assaulted three women after the man initially convicted cleared his name. Mohammed Islam, 40, was found guilty of touching the women as he drove them home to north east Wales in his taxi.
But he paid for an expert to enhance CCTV which prosecutors had claimed showed his taxi – and it proved he had not been at the scene.’
BBC News, 2nd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police apology over caution for woman who burned taxi driver’s turban – BBC News
‘Police have apologised after a woman who tore off a Sikh taxi driver’s turban and burned it in front of him, was given a caution.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two cab drivers guilty of refusing to pick up blind man and guide dog – Daily Telegraph
‘A blind man who was left standing in the pouring rain when two cab drivers refused to transport his guide dog has welcomed the decision to prosecute the pair so that “other people will not have to suffer”.
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Firms’ disability access ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
‘The government is writing to a string of high street chains urging them to improve after a BBC London investigation revealed a “depressing” failure to accommodate disabled people.’
BBC News, 10th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Equalities watchdog to investigate ‘white drivers’ policy of Rochdale minicab firm – The Guardian
‘Equalities watchdog to investigate ‘white drivers’ policy of Rochdale minicab firm.’
The Guardian, 22nd October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New minicab law ‘would put women at risk’ – The Independent
‘Ministers will come under fresh pressure this week not to ease rules on minicabs, a relaxation that safety campaigners say would endanger vulnerable women.’
The Independent, 19th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CPS fraud couple ordered to pay back £300,000 – BBC News
‘A couple who were jailed for conning the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) out of more than £1m have been ordered to pay back in excess of £300,000 by a court.’
BBC News, 27th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New taxi rules undermine safety, warn campaigners – The Independent
‘Ministers have been accused of undermining women’s safety by weakening the regulation of private-hire taxi drivers.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Transport for London seeks legal ruling on Uber car-hire software – The Guardian
‘Transport for London (TfL) has begun to apply for a high court ruling on whether Uber, the car-booking software, illegally encroaches on black-cab drivers’ exclusive right to charge metered fares.’
The Guardian, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Uber app taxi row referred to London’s High Court – BBC News
‘London’s transport authority has announced it does not believe Uber’s car service is breaking the law by using an app to determine charges.’
BBC News, 29th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reforming the regulation of taxis and private hire vehicles – Law Commission
‘Taxis and private hire services, which include minicabs, are an essential link in the transport network of England and Wales, with passengers spending in excess of £2.5 billion a year on fares.’
Law Commission, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Aylesbury Vale District Council v Call a Cab Ltd and another – WLR Daily
‘Although the language of section 45(3) of the Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976 made it a mandatory requirement that a local authority should give notice to each parish council in order to pass a resolution, if there was substantial compliance with the statutory provision, the resolution was not invalid.’
WLR Daily, 12th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
