Gang found guilty of raping woman in fake taxi – BBC News
‘Three men who raped a woman who thought she had got into a registered taxi will be sentenced in April.’
BBC News, 14th February 2024
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‘Three men who raped a woman who thought she had got into a registered taxi will be sentenced in April.’
BBC News, 14th February 2024
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‘An “abhorrent” man who posed as a taxi driver to trick vulnerable women into his car has pleaded guilty to four counts of rape over three years.’
The Independent, 12th November 2023
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‘A woman who permanently blinded a taxi driver in one eye after a frenzied attack with her high heels has been jailed for three years.’
Attorney General's Office, 7th August 2023
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‘A fake taxi driver who kept condoms, latex gloves and Viagra in his car as he prowled the streets for vulnerable women has been jailed for 18 years, police said.’
The Independent, 25th July 2023
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‘A former Uber driver has won a payout of more than £20,000 owed to him for more than seven years after a tribunal ruled the gig economy firm failed to respect minimum wage and holiday entitlement laws.’
The Guardian, 12th July 2023
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‘A taxi driver who raped a women he drove home after demanding to use her toilet has been jailed for 11 years.’
BBC News, 15th June 2023
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‘Tougher rules for taxi and private hire drivers will be introduced in England in a bid to make passengers safer.’
BBC News, 27th April 2023
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‘Prof Roy Light analyses the case law around the burden of proof in taxi driver licence appeals.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2022
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‘A council has won an appeal in the High Court in a psychiatric injury claim brought by a taxi driver. David Green explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th October 2022
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‘The Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Act 2022 – described as “the most significant change to taxi accessibility legislation since the Equality Act was introduced 12 years ago” – has come into force.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th July 2022
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‘Vulnerable children were left exposed to sexual exploitation in Oldham because of “serious failings” by the police and council, a damning independent review has found.’
The Guardian, June 2022
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‘A man who posed as a taxi driver before a kidnapping a young woman in central London and attempting to sexually assault her has been jailed.’
The Independent, 30th November 2021
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‘Sefton Council has overturned a Magistrates Court’s decision to grant a taxi licence to an ex-policeman convicted of child abduction. Gary Grant explains how.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2021
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‘Uber is facing legal action following revelations that its facial recognition algorithm is five times more likely to cause the termination of darker-skinned workers.’
Each Other, 11th October 2021
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‘Uber is facing further claims for compensation over racial discrimination from drivers who say they had been falsely dismissed because of malfunctioning face recognition technology.’
The Guardian, 6th October 2021
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‘Taxi drivers forced to hire new cars after road traffic accidents do not need to set out their credit charges in witness statements as emails from their solicitors will suffice, a judge has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 30th September 2021
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‘Under UK law, something is deemed a hate incident if the victim or anyone else thinks it was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on disability, race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation. It then becomes a hate crime if it crosses the boundary of criminality.’
Each Other, 3rd August 2021
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‘Gerald Gouriet QC looks at the issues that arise with the late renewal of taxi drivers’ licences.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th June 2021
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Establishing an individual’s employment rights can feel like a minefield, with varying degrees of obligations on the employer depending on the employment status. Earlier this year the Supreme Court upheld earlier decisions in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal that Uber drivers are “workers” of Uber for the purposes of employment rights, and not, as Uber argued, self-employed contractors each operating their own minicab business.
Mills & Reeve, 14th June 2021
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‘Ride-hailing giant Uber has agreed to recognise a trade union for the first time, in a landmark deal that should benefit gig economy workers.’
BBC News, 26th May 2021
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