Duncan Hewson v The Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

Facts

The appellant, Duncan Hewson, appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) against a decision of the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors. The judgment does not describe the decision appealed against or the grounds on which the appeal was brought. On 15 May 2026 the Registrar applied for the appeal to be struck out under rule 8(3)(c) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal)(General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009, on the basis that the appellant had passed Part 1 of the qualifying examination in June 2024 and could therefore no longer fulfil the condition in regulation 3(4)(c) of the Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 2005, which depends on the time elapsed since that Part of the test was passed. The application gave the date of the Part 1 pass as 13 June 2024; the Tribunal's own finding records it as 16 June 2024. By a direction dated 25 June 2026 the Tribunal required the appellant to confirm by 9 July 2026 whether he wished to continue with his appeal, warning him that a failure to do so could result in his case being struck out. No response was received from the appellant. The matter was decided on the papers, without a hearing, by Judge Harris, who considered all the papers in the appeal.