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West End Policy calls for modification of Late Night Levy
A commission set up by Westminster City Council has called for a modification to the Late Night Levy together with central London authorities being given opt-outs from planning and licensing rules and access to funds raised from a proposed "touris...
Planning: Judicial Review - Summer 2013 amendments to reduce planning delays
In December 2012, the Government published a consultation paper entitled ‘Judicial Review: Proposals for Reform’ which ran between 13 December and 24 January 2013. The consultation sought views on a package of measures to stem ...
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Scotland - Tobacco Display Ban in force from today
The introduction of the tobacco display ban for large stores in Scotland comes into force today. This affects shops of more than 280 square metres / 3000 square feet (excluding all bulk tobacconists and specialists) and follows on from similar (bu...
Gambling - Commission fine Bookmaker for betting in pubs
The Gambling Commission has imposed an £8,000 financial penalty on Celtic Racing (Credit Betting) Limited (“Celtic”), a licensed bookmaker, who persisted in operating betting in pubs in South West Wales. As reported, Celtic kn...
Food Hygiene - challenging a prosecution
A very recent case in relation to a food hygene prosecution has recently been in the High Court. It centred on the questions of abuse of process and the policy of when to prosecute. It was not a case in which we were involved. The H...
Scotland - (Few) Prosecutions for sales to drunks
Recently we provided figures showing the number of prosecutions in England and Wales for the sale of alcohol to someone who is drunk (see link). Figures have apparently now been released in Scotland according to press reports w...
Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013
In our article ‘Going, Going, Gone?', we summarised the DCMS' response to its consultation on the proposed deregulation of certain forms of regulated entertainment. By way of update, the draft of the Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Ente...
Scotland - Identification
Further to our news update on 14 March 2013, we confirm that the Scottish Government has announced that Regulations changing the acceptable forms of ID for alcohol will be laid in the Scottish Parliament shortly. The changes will come into force...