Explained: Uber's feud with black cab drivers

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00:00The ongoing feud between Uber and black cab drivers has reignited.

00:04The mobile ride-hailing app told the High Court that nearly 13,500 black cab drivers should have

00:10their claim against Uber thrown out because it was brought too late. The drivers claim to have

00:15lost money as a result of Uber London misrepresenting its business model to TFL. They

00:20allege that between 2012 and 2018, Uber London was using a license in the capital that it had

00:26obtained unlawfully. The drivers are seeking around £340 million in damages. Uber denies

00:33any wrongdoing and says the current legal action filed at the High Court last year came too late

00:38and should be thrown out. Mrs Justice O'Farrell ordered a five-day preliminary trial to be

00:43heard next summer, which will decide whether the black cab drivers knew about Uber's alleged

00:48misrepresentation before a magistrate's court hearing in June 2018.

00:56The end of the year is a