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29 Jul 2016

House of Lords - Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - Day One

On the 5th July the House of Lords’ Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 convened their first evidence session.  At this first session, evidence was taken from: Anna Paige – Head of the Drugs and Alcohol Unit in the Home O...

29 Jul 2016

Can a Judicial Review help, if time is short?

An interesting, if not unexpected, decision has recently been handed down by Mr. Justic Ouseley in respect of the matter of R (Woodward) –v- Thurrock BC. In summary, Woodward (the Applicant) had applied to Thurrock for a premises licence fo...

22 Jul 2016

Upcoming Sheffield based APLH Courses

Dont forget that we hold regular APLH courses in our Sheffield based training suite. August is now fully booked but we still have places on the following courses: Thursday 1st September Wednesday 21st September Tuesday 11th October Wednesday ...

21 Jul 2016

Hackney - Late night Levy Update

We have previously kept you updated as to the proposed Late Night Levy in Hackney.  We understand that at the Full Council Meeting on 20th July it was resolved to proceed with a formal consultation as to whether to adopt a Late Night Levy an...

15 Jul 2016

HoL Licensing Committee - update

The recently constituted House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 is next to take evidence on 19 July from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and from authors of previous reviews on the Licensing Act f...

15 Jul 2016

Gambling - Commission Annual Report published

The Gambling Commission’s annual report and accounts for 2015/16 has been released.   It is available here: 'Gambling Commission - Annual Report & Financial Statements 2015/16' in publishing the report the GC  commented that:...