Uber refer to the drivers as third party or partners and decline all responsibility. This is clearly stated in their terms and conditions found on their website.
Vehicles licensed in London will have the little round sticker in both the front and rear windows. At present, there is no requirement for hire and reward insurance when the vehicle is presented for licensing at NSL and unlike Licensed Taxis, there is no requirement to display valid hire and reward insurance in the vehicle. So, there's no guarantee that any PHV vehicle will have adequate insurance.
Presently, there is a worrying trend where cars using the Uber app have been spotted without the TfL roundel. On checking these vehicles do not show up in the TfL PHV licence checker. One explanation is these cars are coming in from areas outside of London. We have heard of one Uber driver who regularly comes down to London from Birmingham to work at the weekend.
It has become very fashionable to summon an Uber on your smart phone and the company have turned ordering a car into a quasi computer game by asking both customer and driver to rate each other.
Many customers are not making complaints for fear their rating may drop.
Regards Eddie
Three Judges Fired For Watching Porn At Work
Three judges have been fired for allegedly viewing pornography at work - a fourth would also have been sacked but resigned first.
A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office confirmed that District Judge Timothy Bowles, Immigration Judge Warren Grant and Deputy District Judge and Recorder Peter Bullock have been removed from judicial office.
Their sacking follows an investigation into an allegation that they viewed pornographic material on judicial IT equipment in their offices.
The spokesman added that the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice were "satisfied that the material did not include images of children or any other illegal content".
Nevertheless, the body had "concluded that this was an inexcusable misuse of their judicial IT accounts and wholly unacceptable conduct for a judicial office holder".
A fourth judge, Recorder Andrew Maw, was also found to have viewed similar inappropriate material via his judicial IT account, the JCIO said, but resigned before the disciplinary process concluded.
The judges were not linked in any way.
So, WHY WASN'T HENDY SACKED
So these three judges were sacked, yet Hendy got a knighthood and a £300,000 bonus!
Regards Anthony
