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Mark Butler v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors
[2025] UKFTT GRC 1151 · First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) – Transport · 2025
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Introduction
1. On 26 March 2025 the Registrar decided to remove the Appellant’s name from the Register of Approved Driving Instructors. This was on the grounds that under section 128(2) (e) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 the Appellant had ceased to be a fit and proper person. On 23 April 2025, the Appellant appealed against that decision.
2. The Registrar’s decision was reached on the basis that the Appellant had been convicted on 19 February 2025 of the motoring offence of ‘using a vehicle uninsured against third party risks’.
3. On 11 September 2025, the Registrar informed the Tribunal that he no longer intends to remove the Appellant’s name from the Register of Approved Driving Instructors. The Appellant’s conviction has been overturned, and they do not have any endorsements on their driving licence.
4. As the Registrar has reversed his decision, it follows that there is no decision to be appealed. That being so, the Tribunal no longer has jurisdiction to decide the appeal. This leads me to conclude that the proceedings should be struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success.