ISBN13: 9781526525079
Previous Edition ISBN: 9781780434933
To be Published: February 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £150.00
The fifth edition of Button on Taxis completely updates the text to take account of changes to legislation, case law and Guidance since the publication of the fourth edition.
Key features of Button on Taxis include:
- Proposed new taxi law for Wales
- The Court of Appeal position on hackney carriage and private hire licence fees in R (on the application of Rehman) v Wakefield City Council and The Local Government Association [2019] EWCA Civ 2166 [2020] RTR 11 CA
- Alterations to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and associated regulations and guidance.
- Proposals under the levelling up scheme to move hackney carriage and private hire licensing from district councils to counties and combined authorities.
- Supreme Court decision on costs in licensing appeals in Competition and Markets Authority v Flynn Pharma Ltd and Pfizer [2022] UKSC 14
- Pedicab licensing powers in London
This new edition provides a timely update to what is acknowledged as an essential handbook for the taxi licensing practitioner.
- Subjects:
- Local Government Law, Licensing Law
- Contents:
- 1. Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing
- 2. Licensing Within Local Government and Transport for London
- 3. Appeals
- 4. Fees for Licences
- 5. Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
- 6. Enforcement outside London
- 7. Hackney Carriages outside London: An Introduction
- 8. Hackney Carriage Vehicles outside London: Definition and Demand
- 9. Hackney Carriages outside London: The Use of Hackney Carriages
- 10. Hackney Carriage Drivers outside London
- 11. Private Hire Vehicles outside London: An Introduction
- 12. Private Hire Operators outside London
- 13. Private Hire Vehicles outside London
- 14. Private Hire Drivers outside London
- 15. Enforcement within London
- 16. Hackney Carriages within London: An Introduction
- 17. Hackney Carriage Vehicles within London: Definition and Demand
- 18. The Use Of Hackney Carriages Within London
- 19. Hackney Carriage Drivers within London
- 20. Private Hire Vehicles within London: An Introduction
- 21. Private Hire Operators within London
- 22. Private Hire Vehicles within London
- 23. Private Hire Drivers within London
- APPENDIX I: LEGISLATION
- Part A – Legislation applicable both outside and within London
- Part B – Legislation applicable outside London
- Part C – Legislation applicable within London
- APPENDIX II: CIRCULARS
- Part A – Circulars/Guidance applicable both outside and within London
- Part B – Circulars/Guidance applicable outside London
- Part C – Circulars/Guidance applicable within London
