NEWS
28.07.2025 - JUDGMENT DAY!
The years-long legal dispute between Liverpool’s Delta Taxis and industry giant Uber has finally reached the end of the road with the UK Supreme Court now ready to hand down its ultimate, binding verdict on Tuesday 29th July 2025. The decision is expected to stream live at https://supremecourt.uk from around 9.45am.
Given the VAT implications, this ruling can go only one of two ways. Either Uber succeeds in forcing its competitors throughout England and Wales (excluding London & Plymouth) into hiking journey prices for every customer by 20% at a time of widespread financial hardship, or alternatively Delta Taxis is fully vindicated, securing a nationwide status quo for operators to continue acting as intermediary for self-employed drivers trading below the VAT threshold.
Speaking on behalf of Delta Taxis, Director and Company Secretary Paul McLaughlin explained “We were never under any illusions as to the mountain we’d have to climb when Uber set about trying to destroy the agency model Delta has so successfully administered here on Merseyside from as far back as 1968. It’s one thing taking on a Local Authority, as small operators might be expected to do from time to time, but quite something else to be facing off against a multibillion-dollar global competitor like Uber.”
“We placed our fate, and that of the wider industry, entirely in the hands of Layla Barke-Jones from Aaron & Partners, who in turn secured the exceptional services of licensing heavyweight Philip Kolvin KC. They engaged tirelessly with Delta Taxis to construct a clear and robust defence against what many will see as a cynical, heavy-handed attack by Uber against smaller, independent family-run businesses like ours. We can only hope that our David and Goliath gamble has paid off.”
Media members wishing to discuss or learn more about this case can email Layla direct on Layla.Barke-jones@aaronandpartners.com
The years-long legal dispute between Liverpool’s Delta Taxis and industry giant Uber has finally reached the end of the road with the UK Supreme Court now ready to hand down its ultimate, binding verdict on Tuesday 29th July 2025. The decision is expected to stream live at https://supremecourt.uk from around 9.45am.
Given the VAT implications, this ruling can go only one of two ways. Either Uber succeeds in forcing its competitors throughout England and Wales (excluding London & Plymouth) into hiking journey prices for every customer by 20% at a time of widespread financial hardship, or alternatively Delta Taxis is fully vindicated, securing a nationwide status quo for operators to continue acting as intermediary for self-employed drivers trading below the VAT threshold.
Speaking on behalf of Delta Taxis, Director and Company Secretary Paul McLaughlin explained “We were never under any illusions as to the mountain we’d have to climb when Uber set about trying to destroy the agency model Delta has so successfully administered here on Merseyside from as far back as 1968. It’s one thing taking on a Local Authority, as small operators might be expected to do from time to time, but quite something else to be facing off against a multibillion-dollar global competitor like Uber.”
“We placed our fate, and that of the wider industry, entirely in the hands of Layla Barke-Jones from Aaron & Partners, who in turn secured the exceptional services of licensing heavyweight Philip Kolvin KC. They engaged tirelessly with Delta Taxis to construct a clear and robust defence against what many will see as a cynical, heavy-handed attack by Uber against smaller, independent family-run businesses like ours. We can only hope that our David and Goliath gamble has paid off.”
Media members wishing to discuss or learn more about this case can email Layla direct on Layla.Barke-jones@aaronandpartners.com