Cambridge unexpectedly renewed Uberks Operators License in that town this week.
Key submissions in that renewal were submitted by Uber's Barrister Phillip Kolvin Q.C.
Philip Kolvin QC: “One single sexual offence is one too many. Uber is wholly committed to doing everything it can to protect its passengers.
“Of course nobody with a history of sexual misconduct would be permitted to drive with Uber. However, there are people in society who commit sexual offences."
“If, heaven forfend, an Uber driver were to sexually assault somebody, there is a whole record of the journey. I can only tell you that Uber will work with authorities like yours to root out any instances of sexual assault."
Do passengers know who their driver is licensed by?
Philip Kolvin QC says that, by early 2018, there will be a feature in Uber to show people which authority (South Cambs / Cambridge City Council / London / elsewhere) granted the licence.
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All well and good everybody is entitled to representation, even Uberk, but not when it is the Lord Mayor of London's chosen;
London Night Time Commissioner
It would seem the Guardians revelations of September this year were not to far of the mark:
17 Sept 17
LBC has discovered that Sadiq Khan's Night Time Commissioner is representing three Uber drivers in a court case.
Pre-eminent barrister Philip Kolvin QC was appointed by the Mayor of London last December and advises on the project to make London a 24-hour city, bringing together pubs, nightclubs, the police and transport - including Uber.
But it now appears there could be a conflict of interest in Mr Kolvin’s role as Night Time Commissioner because he is representing Uber drivers in court, with those drivers are having their legal costs met by Uber.
Conservative MP and former Transport Minister Theresa Villiers says the London Mayor now needs to review the appointment. She told LBC: "I have concerns about what I've heard bout Philip Kolvin's involvement in defending Uber drivers in court.
"He's got a perfect right to do that, but I do worry that this gives him a conflict of interest regarding his role on the Mayor's Night Time Commission.
"I think the Mayor needs to look at the situation. I'm not sure it's really credible for Mr Kolvin to continue with these cases if he's going to continue with his role as Commissioner."
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Crunch talks between Leeds City Council and protesting private hire taxi drivers have been plunged into chaos thanks to internal squabbling and cancelled meetings.
Leeds city councillors seemingly pulled the plug on crunch talks with protesting taxi drivers at the eleventh hour, leaving drivers furious.
Asif Afzal, chair of the Leeds Private Hire Drivers Organisation (LPHDO) and committee members said he had been due to meet with councillors at 9.30am on this morning (Monday), however when they arrived at the Civic Hall they were told the meeting had been called off.
However Leeds City Council said that the meeting had never been formally confirmed and that the authority had been contacted by the organisation, claiming that Mr Afsal had been replaced as chairman.
The organisation was established just two months ago to address problems private hire drivers are facing in the city and Mr Afsal said he has been chairman since the beginning.
It had been hoped the crunch talks would mean that more protests could be avoided in the lead up to Christmas following last Monday’s go-slow protest through the city.
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