Hussein Amine v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

Facts

The appellant, Hussein Amine, was a trainee driving instructor seeking to have his name entered on the Register of Approved Driving Instructors. He had been granted two trainee driving instructor licences covering the period from 24 February 2025 to 23 February 2026, during which he sat and failed the Part 3 test twice, on 25 June 2025 and 7 May 2026, and cancelled a booked Part 3 test on three occasions, 15 December 2025, 24 February 2026 and 13 August 2026. He applied for a further, third, trainee licence, and the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors refused that application by a decision of 10 April 2026, having considered representations received on 9 March 2026. The Registrar's reasons were that there was no evidence of lost training time, that two licences over a year afforded more than adequate time to gain sufficient experience in driving tuition to pass the Part 3 test, and that Parliament had not intended a trainee licence to be issued for however long a trainee took to pass, lest the trainee licence system become an alternative form of registration. The appellant appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber), and the appeal was heard by CVP with the appellant attending in person and giving oral evidence.