A taxi driver has been left £800 out of pocket for challenging Plymouth City Council's strict new rules on approved clothing. The Plymouth driver, whom PlymouthLive did not name, appealed against the council's decision on December 22, 2021 when it suspend his hackney carriage driver's licence.
Plymouth Magistrates' Court warned him however that he should have asked for a Judicial Review in the High Court. The hearing, which took place earlier this month, is understood to have centred around the council's insistence that drivers abide by it's policy on a dress code which bans jeans, open sandals and t-shirts.
As reported by PlymouthLive in 2018, the dress code was originally set to see drivers wearing collared shirts or blouses with a ban on any football tops, hoodies or trainers. A more 'relaxed' set of rules was rubber-stamped by the council following an outcry by taxi drivers- but the jeans remained banned, reports Plymouth Live. The driver is understood to have argued that the council did not follow the correct procedure and thus its decision to suspend his taxi licence for five days was incorrect.
