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19 Oct 2015

Psychoactive Substances Bill - briefing paper

We have previously reported on the intention to introduce of the Psychoactive Substances Bill and following that a Parliamentary briefing on the matter and the Home Affairs Committee’s enquiry (which has now closed). A further briefing pape...

16 Oct 2015

A Bridge to far? Yes!

Earlier this year, we reported that the English Bridge Union was permitted to bring a judicial review of Sport England’s ruling that ‘physical activity’ is necessary for an activity to be recognised as a sport, which effectively ...

16 Oct 2015

Late Night Refreshment deregulation – remember, remember 5 November!

At the start of the month, in our article 'Guidance on the licensing of late night refreshment' we reported on the Guidance issued by the Government on the forthcoming deregulation of Late Night Refreshment. As a reminder, the changes allow Licen...

13 Oct 2015

Camden Late Night Levy re-consultation launched

Following on from our news of the imminent re-launch of this consultation this consultation has today been launched. The consultation runs to Monday 9 November 2015. To respond to the consultation, there is an on-line form which can be foun...

13 Oct 2015

JG&P - Chris Grunert appointed as a partner

We are delighted to announce that Chris, who has been with the practice since 2007 and has been an Associate for some 3 years has accepted an invitation to become a partner in the practice. This is with immediate effect. Commenting John Gaunt sai...

13 Oct 2015

Gambling - Peer to peer online poker review

The Gambling Commission are reviewing the regulations in relation to online peer to peer (to be distinguished from playing the operator). This appears to be a multi stage process with the first stage being a process to obtain information from lic...