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Scotland - Licensing - More changes possibly afoot!
Battle weary or battle hardened (as the case may be) operators in Scotland should be alert to the introduction of a new Alcohol Bill in the Scottish Parliament on 1st April. No joke, we promise. The explanatory notes published with the Bill indic...
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Betting Shops - Change to Planning Classification
Shortly before Parliament went into Recess for the general election a number of legislative changes were passed. Included amongst the measures was the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2015 which took effec...
JDW - Newcastle LNL 'success'
Readers may recall the Wetherspoon ‘wheeze' where they apply to add a condition to their licence for premises which would otherwise be affected and caught by a Late Night Levy. The condition applied for removes the authorisation to sell alc...
Five 'legal highs' to be banned temporarily
Five ‘legal highs’ are set to be banned by the Government from Friday 10 April 2015 for a period of 12 months while assessments are made as to whether they should be appropriately controlled. The ban affects five compounds related to ...
JG&P 20 - inaugural charitable event!
You may know that this year sees the 20th anniversary of John Gaunt & Partners having acted for the licensed trade as specialist Licensing solicitors. To mark this significant milestone we, as a Practice, are planning to run (in this case run...
Powers of Entry - Code of Practice comes into force.
The Code of Practice - Powers of Entry will finally come into force on the 6th April after it gained the necessary Parliamentary Approval. We have been monitoring its introduction for some time after the Government announced the Code would be int...
New Criminal Court Charges
On the 19th March the Government laid a commencement Order in Parliament enacting several sections of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, including provisions relating to 'Criminal Court Charges'. With effect from the 16th April adults plea...