SIX YEARS AGO a disillusioned taxi driver brought a lawsuit against the Attorney General and the National Insurance Board, after he was unable to get his permit renewed.
He challenged a stipulation that Government was insisting that he would have to make additional payments to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to get a certificate of compliance from the department to facilitate renewal.
Ivor Young won the case after High Court judge Maureen Crane-Scott ruled the requirement by the Licensing Authority that a certificate from the NIS was a prerequisite for renewal of a taxi permit was contrary to the Road Traffic Act.
The judge not only ordered the Licensing Authority to renew the permits for Young’s three taxis but also awarded him damages, interest of eight per cent on the damages and costs.
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