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Scotland – Minimum Pricing – Supreme Court hearing date announced
The long running saga over the Scottish Government’s intention to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol of 50p (opposed by the Scotch Whisky Association) may finally be drawing to a close. We have learnt that the Supreme Court wil...
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‘Ask for Angela’ gains further traction
The 'Ask for Angela' initiative is designed to provide support to vulnerable customers who may need help to get out of a bad situation within licensed premises in particular and is something on which we have previously reported. Nati...
A Call for Evidence in review of Mobile Homes Act 2013
We had previously discussed the implementation of this Act when it came into force in April 2014. The Mobile Homes Act 2013 made significant changes to the Law on park homes, the Government committed to a review of the Act in 2017. In orde...
Scotland - Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 - further provisions coming into force today
A reminder that further provisions affecting the licensing regime in Scotland come into force today. For more detail, see our earlier article 'Scotland - Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 - further provisions coming into force'. Thes...
Challenge To Liverpool's Late Night Levy dismissed
The High Court has dismissed a challenge to the decision of Liverpool City Council, to introduce a late night levy. The Levy, was introduced in the City from the 1st April 2017 and we were instructed by a number of premises, to advise them upon it...
Scotland - Overprovision Policy
A recently published Judgement of the North Strathclyde Sherriff has confirmed the right of Licensing Board to reply upon their over provision policy when determining applications, along with a number of other significant clarifications. The Appe...
Alcohol: cumulative impact assessments - briefing paper issued
In what is the fifth of this recent series of alcohol related briefing papers, the House of Commons library have just issued a paper which gives an overview of cumulative impact assessments in England and Wales. Cumulative impact policies (CIPs) ...