Scott acted for Glasgow City Council when the Council challenged the decision of the Sheriff to uphold an appeal against the decision of the Council to refuse to grant a booking office licence.  The concerns of the Council had focused on the failure of the applicant to explain the circumstances surrounding the dissolution of a company of which the applicant was a director and  which had been dissolved but which had been later restored to the register and which held a taxi operator licence in another local authority area.  In addition the Council had held that the applicant had breached section 21 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 by allowing taxis operating from that other area to trade within the Glasgow area, an area for which the taxis  were not licenced.  Scott was successful in arguing that the Sheriff had been wrong to make the decision he did and that the concerns of the Council on whether the applicant was a fit and proper person  were justified.  It is believed that this is the first time that Section 21 has been  considered by the Inner House.  To read the judgment in Bimendi v Glasgow City Council click here