Uber has been granted a short-term license to operate in London following a court hearing. BBC reports: Transport for London (TfL) refused to renew the license when it expired last September, saying the U.S. taxi app was not a “fit and proper” operator. Uber has now been awarded a license but it has been put on probation for 15 months. The company had been seeking a five-year license when it was refused last year. Following a two-day hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said Uber was now considered “fit and proper.” She ordered the company to pay TfL’s legal costs of [approximately $562,000].

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