Key legal question
Whether the refusal to restore suspensive effect to the appeal against the taxi permit withdrawal was lawful
Extracted holding
The refusal was not arbitrary and remained proportionate in light of customer protection and the urgent suspicion of serious offences against female passengers.
Extracted reasoning
A taxi driver’s integrity is of heightened public interest; two independent complaints and an unfinalized criminal conviction created an urgent suspicion justifying a temporary ban pending the permit proceedings.