While the judges still think Uber's service violates German law, the taxi group that won the ban asked for it too late to have it issued under a fast-track process, presiding judge Frowin Kurth said at the Frankfurt courthouse today when delivering the ruling of the three-judge panel.
“Even after deliberations, the court sticks to its view that Taxi Deutschland can win a ban against Uber,” Kurth said today. “But after reviewing the arguments in this emergency case we have to reverse the ruling since this isn't an urgent case. Only for that reason we lift the ban.”
Uber drivers don't have the necessary permits to carry passengers under German law, the Frankfurt court said in its emergency ruling dated Aug. 25, citing evidence provided by Taxi Deutschland Service Gesellschaft fuer Taxizentralen eG. The Frankfurt case is one of at least four legal actions against the company in the country.
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