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Preferential rates for legal services
While helping LTFUC's underprivileged children...!
of a difference.
WILLS
Before we tell you why, a bit about
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Davenport Lyons. They provide a bespoke
TAX ADVICE
legal solutions service delivered by their mar-
FAMILY & MATRIMONIAL ISSUES
ket-leading lawyers who understand the chal-
CODICILS
lenges that clients including the world's
CONVEYANCING
finest taxi driving fleet - face.
BUSINESS ADVICE
But now they have come up with an idea
TRUST ADVICE
that will provide you with the best possi-
ble help in your time of legal assistance,
If you need any of the above, then ask for
while at the same time helping the
You may or may not have known it at the
Nick Hall on 020 7468 1623. His speciality
London
Taxidrivers'
Fund
for
time, but most of us have probably picked up
is wills, and inheritance tax planning and
Underprivileged Children because every
someone from legal firm Davenport Lyons
the above, but if you are looking for some-
fee they receive from a taxi driver client
who are based in Old Burlington Street. In fact
thing else he'll be happy to find the right
will see 10% donated to the LTFUC! And
this leading business law firm have been in
person for you
those fees will be preferential rates and
existence for over 75 years and are accepted
agreed beforehand, so there is no ques-
If you have always used the same solicitors
as one of the most successful firms of its kind.
tion of Davenport Lyons just adding that
and are happy with them, that's great! But if
They are now offering their services to Dial-a-
10% to your cost. The 10% will come from
you are looking for expert legal assistance and
Cab drivers - and indeed the licensed taxi
the company's profit.
want to help a taxi trade charity at the same
trade as a whole if they happen to read Call
Among the services offered are:
time, then contact Nick Hall...
Sign! But this is a legal service with something
LVTA at Dial-a-Cab
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Allan Evans
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50 years old!
The London Vintage Taxi Association surprisingly to some probably contains more non-cab drivers than it does real cabbies.
The LVTA brings together people interested in `retired' London-type purpose built taxis and related vehicles built on a taxi chassis.
Perhaps you would also expect its members to all live in the UK it was indeed founded over here - but you would be wrong again
because they can be found all round the world. There is a very active American section headed by John Freeston of Windham, New
Hampshire. They have their own section in the LVTA mag and John will undoubtedly be reading this article in our online version. His
section in the magazine advertises members who need parts or garages that can deal with old cabs in the USA.
The oldest of the taxis comes from the Edwardian period, but most come from the 1930s through to the 1980s. Dial-a-Cab's Keith
White (A16) for example has the first Metrocab prototype. Members take their prized taxis to classic car shows with the most recent
being in Uxbridge last month. It was that show that brought LVTA member Lloyd Powell to the UK. The deal was that he turned it
into a vacation so that wife Mardy, son Kevin and his lovely girlfriend Tricia could also come along! Lloyd is also a Call Sign online
reader and he asked this mag if there was any chance of the group paying a visit to Dial-a-Cab whilst here?
Allan Evans gave them a two-hour tour of DaC House including a question and answer session in the Boardroom and the group
especially Kevin certainly had plenty of questions to ask DaC's Compliance Officer.
"It was a great," Lloyd told Call Sign as they came to the end of the visit, "and we really appreciate the time that Allan has taken
showing us around and Call Sign for organising it."
DaC's Steve Bearman gave the guests a tour of the IT department just before they left.
There was only one way to really finish off the visit before they moved onto Kings Cross Station to see where Harry Potter boarded
his train to Hogwarts at platform 93/4 and that was to be photographed in a TX4, with the editor quickly volunteering his cab before
dropping them at the Kings Cross W.H.Smith, where the famous platform is said to be.
Anyone interested in becoming an LTVA member or just reading about them can do so at http://www.lvta.co.uk.
