A recent appeal at Reading Magistrates’ Court considered the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s decision to refuse a Hackney Carriage Licence application.
Harriet Dixon of QEB Hollis Whiteman, instructed by McArthur Solicitors, appeared on behalf of the appellant. The court determined that the applicant’s previous spent convictions were not admissible under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, applying the principles set out in Adamson v Waveney District Council [1997] 2 All E.R. 898.
Harriet Dixon’s submissions assisted the court in addressing the approach to spent convictions within the licensing framework.
Harriet Dixon