Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Taxi bosses take council to court over cars policy
He added: “In taking the council to court we want to force the council to look at its discriminatory policy which does not make any adjustments to what car operators are allowed to drive.
“If you had a licence before 2003 then you can drive what you want.
“Anything after that and you must buy a more expensive car. There is no adjustment made depending on that individual’s circumstances.
“We have had legal advice that we have a strong case and the council would have to pay our legal costs as well as its own if it loses.
“So we encourage the council to stop wasting public money fighting a case we think they will lose.
“Get round the table with the GMB and see what can be done. Too many committee decisions are made behind closed doors and they won’t budge on this one so we have been left with no alternative to legal action.”
Solicitor John Muir, of Muir Myles Laverty, confirmed he was acting on behalf of the GMB in the case.
Mr Muir said: “The union wants the council to agree to an equal playing field. The GMB is appealing against the current licensing committee decision so this member can get a licence for a different type of taxi. Because this driver has a WAV licence the council won’t grant him a variation of that.”
A spokesman for Dundee City Council said: “It wouldn’t be appropriate to comment on an ongoing legal matter.”