The appellant, a registered car dealer, appealed a decision of the Licence Appeals Tribunal directing the revocation of his registration.
The tribunal based its decision partly on the appellant's continuing assertion of innocence regarding a sexual assault conviction and the negative credibility findings made by the criminal trial judge.
The Divisional Court allowed the appeal, finding that the tribunal erred in law by treating the appellant's exercise of his right to assert innocence and appeal his conviction as aggravating factors.
The matter was remitted to a differently constituted tribunal for a fresh hearing.
