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Having looked in the last few days at the problems of insurance and Uber drivers, the City of Toronto will file the paperwork to take another legal crack atshutting down Uber, but it hasn't decided whether it will actually follow through. The previous attempt failed. Lawyer Matthew Cornett confirmed Friday the city will serve a notice of appeal Tuesday to challenge Judge Sean Dunphy's Superior Court ruling.
"This will preserve our right to appeal (within the 30 day-limit)," Cornett said.
Last month, Dunphy denied the city's application for an injunction against the ridesharing company, ruling Uber isn't operating a taxi cab or limousine service. A lawyer for the city had argued Uber should fall under the same licensing requirements that govern taxi brokerages because "if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then you should call it a duck." Dunphy disagreed.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Monday August 03 2015, @04:54PM
Oh, I agree, hence "technicalities" being quoted. The same technique is used to charge people who are innocent of what most would consider the intent of the law, although much less frequently. I still think a lot of it could be made much more clear by cleaning up the way laws are written.