Cabbies, Vigilante Take Uber To Court, Seeking NSW Ban
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Ride-sharing service Uber has been taken to the NSW Supreme Court by a group claimed to represent taxi drivers and a Sydney man who is said to perform citizen arrests on unwitting Uber drivers.

The Australian Taxi Drivers Association and self-styled anti-Uber vigilante Russell Howarth have filed documents asking the court to ban UberX Australia from offering smartphone apps that allow “unaccredited persons” to carry paying passengers within NSW.

The injunction, if granted, would only affect the UberX service, not UberTaxi or UberBlack, which provide services licensed under existing legislation.

Documents filed in the court argue that Uber BV – a Netherlands-registered company that provides Uber’s platform and technology – is aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring a contravention of the Passenger Transport Act.