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The Transport Tribunal has quashed a Traffic Commissioner's decision to revoke a haulier's licence and issue a disqualification order.
South-Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown (pictured right) had revoked the licence of J Coyle Haulage and disqualified director John Coyle from holding or obtaining an O-licence for six months because of fraudulent maintenance contracts.
The Greenford-based company held a licence for three vehicles and three trailers. It had been called before the TC after information was passed from the Metropolitan Police that its maintenance contracts with Kelly Transport, of Watford, and J Callanan Repairs and Services might not be genuine.
Coyle accepted that the purported contract with Kelly Transport, signed by a 'P Kelly', was a false document. He alleged that the document had been changed by transport consultant John Plum, also known as Plumridge, without his knowledge.
The TC believed Coyle had been involved in the production of false documents. ('Maintenance provider ...