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25 Mar 2022

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022

Yesterday was the last day of the general moratorium on commercial evictions and restrictions on Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR) in England and Wales, but eligible firms remain protected for the next 6 months during which arbitration can b...

24 Mar 2022

Licensing Hours Extended for Queen's Platinum Jubilee

As the hospitality sector prepares, with optimism (and hope), for a Great British Summer!, the Minister of State for Crime and Policing, Mr Kit Malthouse confirmed in a statement to the House of Commons that the Government will be relaxing the lic...

23 Mar 2022

Consultation on Live Events Reinsurance Scheme

As we emerge from the pandemic period various support initiatives are either coming to an end or are subject to review, one of which is the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme. This was enacted to give confidence to the live events market which had str...

17 Mar 2022

Outdoor civil weddings and civil partnerships to be made permanent on 6 April 2022

In July 2021, temporary legislation allowed outdoor civil wedding and partnership ceremonies to take place. Previously, ceremonies had to take place indoors, or otherwise outdoors but within a permanent built structure, such as a gazebo.  Wi...

10 Mar 2022

House of Lords Licensing Act committee inquiry follow up

Today, Thursday 10 March 2022, the House of Lords will hold three one-off sessions following up on the recommendations of the Licensing Act 2003 Committee, which issued its report in April 2017. At the three sessions, which are scheduled to last ...

10 Mar 2022

House of Lords Licensing Act committee inquiry follow up

Today Thursday 10 th March the House of Lords will hold three one off sessions which are a follow up to the recommendations of the Licensing Act 2003 committee which issued its report in April 2017. At the three sessions scheduled to last one hou...