For a professional taxi or private hire driver, your licence is not just a piece of plastic or a paper certificate—it is your livelihood. It represents your career, your independence, and your ability to provide for your family. When a local licensing authority threatens to refuse, suspend, or revoke that licence, it can feel like your

 For a professional taxi or private hire driver, your licence is not just a piece of plastic or a paper certificate—it is your livelihood. It represents your career, your independence, and your ability to provide for your family. When a local licensing authority threatens to refuse, suspend, or revoke that licence, it can feel like your

 In the professional taxi and private hire trade, the old adage that "the best defence is a good offence" holds profoundly true. While it is absolutely critical to know who to call when things go wrong with your licence, it is even more valuable to understand the day-to-day practices that can prevent those problems from ever arising in the fir

 In the professional taxi and private hire trade, the old adage that "the best defence is a good offence" holds profoundly true. While it is absolutely critical to know who to call when things go wrong with your licence, it is even more valuable to understand the day-to-day practices that can prevent those problems from ever arising in the fir

 A charge of dangerous driving is one of the most severe allegations a motorist can face in the UK. Unlike lesser offences, this is not merely about a momentary lapse in judgment; it concerns driving that falls "far below" the standard expected of a competent and careful driver, and where it would be "obvious" to such a driver that the manner