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Personal Licences - Changes to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
You will no doubt be aware that all personal licence applicants must disclose any unspent relevant convictions on their application paperwork and the Police may object to such application if they feel the granting of the licence would undermine th...
Scotland - Licensing Board defers hearing on police failure to disclose evidence
Angus Licensing Board has adjourned a Review application against De Vitos nightclub in Arbroath brought by Police Scotland, which was due to be heard at its meeting on 12th February 2014. The move to adjourn followed criticism of the Police compl...
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Funky Mojoe spoils Tinsletown's party!
The highly anticipated judgment in connection with the South Woodford London Night Club, Funky Mojoe, has been released and looks at the importance of procedural defects within the Review procedure. The premises was subject to Review proceedings ...
Renewal of SEV's - R (Alistair Thompson) v Oxford City Council [2014]EWCA Civ94
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by the operators of a lap dancing venue. In 2011, Oxford City Council granted a Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) licence for a lap dancing club called the Lodge. The following year the Coun...
Gambling - RGT Press Release on Gaming Machine Research
The Responsible Gambling Trust has issued a press statement dealing with the next stage in research relating to gambling machines with the “highest stakes and prizes in Britain”. The research is said to be intended to “inform po...
Another EMRO not to proceed - this time West Lancashire
News reaches us of another possible EMRO that is not to proceed. West Lancashire Council had previously decided to launch a formal consultation on the adoption of an EMRO. However reports now indicate the council has decided not to pursue t...
Home Office launch consultation on locally set licence fees
The Home Office has today launched a public consultation on the move from centrally-set to locally-set fees under the Licensing Act 2003. The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 introduced a power for the Home Secretary to pres...
'Local Alcohol Action Areas' announced
Last October, the Home Office wrote to Local Authority Chief Executives inviting expressions of interest to take part in a Local Alcohol Action Area (LAAA) project, which aimed to offer up to 20 areas with ‘high alcohol-related harms’ ...