A FUNDRAISING campaign was launched by private-hire drivers today who are seeking to bring companies and authorities’ lack of safeguards against the Covid-19 pandemic to a judicial review.

Representative body United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) has set up the Crowdjustice campaign, to last until next Friday, for £10,000 to pay for the High Court legal challenge.

UPHD accused private-hire companies and authorities — including Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport — of “corporate negligence.”