30 October 2015
Transport for London v Uber London Ltd and others [2015] EWHC 2918 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 137 (Oct)
The claimant Transport for London sought a declaration that the first defendants, Uber, network private hire vehicles (PHVs) were not equipped with a taximeter in contravention of s 11 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998. The Administrative Court, in granting a declaration, held that Uber’s PHVs were not equipped with a taximeter as defined by s 11(3) of the Act. The driver’s smartphone with a driver’s app was not a device for calculating fare by itself or in conjunction with a server and even if it was, the vehicle was not equipped with it.
