A Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiry is document-heavy and time-sensitive. We help operators and transport managers organise the licence history, maintenance and tachograph records, correspondence, remedial action and compliance evidence into a practical preparation pack.
Send the trigger document, the papers you already have and any deadline. We will identify the practical preparation work that can be done within our non-reserved role.
Build the regulatory chronology
Set out licence history, warnings, inspections, prohibitions, audits, correspondence and corrective action in date order. Link every key entry to its source record.
Turn records into evidence
Maintenance sheets, defect reports, tachograph analysis, driver training, workshop contracts and audit reports are strongest when they show a working control system, not just a bundle of paperwork.
Evidence the fix
A Public Inquiry will often focus on what changed after a problem was identified. Show the revised procedure, responsible person, dates, training, checks and audit trail.
Prepare practical questions
Identify the points likely to be tested and prepare concise, honest answers supported by records.
Questions people ask
What should I prepare for a Public Inquiry?
Start with the call-up letter, operator licence details, DVSA material, maintenance records, driver-hours information, audit findings, correspondence and evidence of action already taken.
What is a remediation plan?
It is a clear, evidenced plan showing what has been found, what has changed, who is responsible, how compliance will be monitored and how the changes will be sustained.
Can I use this for a transport manager case?
Yes. The work can be scoped around professional competence, repute, systems, delegation, maintenance oversight, tachograph controls and the specific issues identified.
Get the papers in order
1. Send the trigger document
The notice, assessment, call-up letter, decision or complaint outcome that started the problem.
2. Identify the deadline
Tell us the date served and any hearing, review, complaint or appeal date.
3. Build the evidence pack
We can scope evidence review, chronology, issue mapping and a structured preparation pack.
Wolfe & Black is not a firm of solicitors and does not conduct reserved legal activities. We provide non-reserved case preparation and permitted support. Where authorised representation is needed, we will say so.