Travel Express Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport (T): [2026] UKUT 167 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Mitchell on 22 April 2026.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 8 May 2026

• Categories: Transport - Traffic Commissioner and DoE (NI) Appeals
• Sub-categories: Transport - Traffic Commissioner and DoE (NI) Appeals - Decisions and reasons
• Judges: Mitchell, E
• Decision date: 22 April 2026

Read the full decision in UA-2024-000674-T.

Judicial Summary

A Vehicle Examiner’s report stated that it ‘could be deemed’ that a PSV operator failed to comply with a licence undertaking to carry out 12 weekly roller brake tests. In revoking the operator’s licence, a Traffic Commissioner reasoned that the Examiner’s report confirmed that the undertaking was not complied with. No other evidence was relied on. The Commissioner erred in law. The equivocal statement in the Examiner’s report could not properly be read as providing confirmation that the undertaking was not complied with.

Published 8 May 2026