Fife taxi group seeks review after 400 Uber objections

A TAXI association has written to Fife Council demanding “urgent clarification” about a decision to disregard over 400 objections to an Uber licence application.

The East Fife Taxi Association (EFTA) wants the legal position on electronically submitted objections looked at after the a decision by the local authority’s Regulations and Licensing Committee saw 431 objections thrown out.

Councillors had been told by solicitor Kevin Clancy, who was acting for Uber, that none of the objections which has been published in council papers were competent.