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Maryam Bi v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors
[2026] UKFTT GRC 239 · First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) – Transport · 2026
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5. The Respondent acted within the statutory purpose and exercised discretion lawfully. The appeal is dismissed. Authorities
1. Road Traffic Act 1988 , ss 123 –131 (ADI Register).
2. Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 2005 (trainee licence purpose; six-month limit; attempts framework).
3. Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 (reasonableness).
4. Padfield v Minister of Agriculture [1968] AC 997 (statutory purpose).
5. British Oxygen Co v Board of Trade [1971] AC 610 (policy, no fettering).
6. Secretary of State for Education v Tameside MBC [1977] AC 1014 (duty of inquiry).
7. R v SSHD, ex p Doody [1994] 1 AC 531 (fairness; reasons).
8. R (Hope and Glory Public House Ltd) v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2011] EWCA Civ 31 (licensing discretion).
9. R (Khatun) v Newham LBC [2005] QB 37 (relevant/irrelevant considerations).
10. McCool v Rushcliffe BC ). [1998] 3 All ER 889 (breadth of licensing discretion Judge Brian Kennedy KC 12 February 2026.