Uber survives legal challenge brought by London cabbies
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#49XYC)
Judge says magistrate who awarded Uber's 15-month permit was not biased
Uber has survived a high court challenge to its licence to operate in London, after judges rejected claims of bias brought by a group of black cab drivers.
In a crowdfunded legal bid, drivers had argued that Uber's 15-month permit was decided by a magistrate with conflicts of interest, making her ruling "tainted by actual or apparent bias".
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