TFL V UBER

Everybody by now, knows Uber won. The Judge (Reg Houldsworth) did as he was asked and declared Uber's app is not a meter.

The LTDA say they are appealing this decision to the Supreme Court.

A couple of things worry me here.

1. The LTDA started this case against Uber. TFL then asked if they could take it over. The LTDA agreed to release the case to TFL presumably to indemnify from any fee's.It was important to TFL that they led the case, because their Barrister then threw the towel in the moment he entered Court. So much so that the Hearing finished early, the first day.


2. The LTDA now wish to go to the Supreme Court. They will have to obtain 'Leave to Appeal' to do this. This is often tricky because the Judiciary stick together. They do not like to overturn each other. The LTDA were not the Plaintiff here, they left it to TFL.

TFL have no reason to appeal, they got the result they 'engineered'.

I think the LTDA are two to one against, getting an appeal. If however they do get an appeal, that would mean a delay of another 12 months minimum, in which UBER get further entrenched.

Not a good outcome, but, in my opinion the blame rest with the LTDA.