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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...
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 ...
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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...
Licensing Enforcement Increasing
We are receiving more information around increased licensing enforcement activity and regulation which had, as we have previously reported, been less noticeable, and understandably so during the last couple of years and due to the Covid Pandemic ...
Looking into the Corbin & King’s insurance ruling
Corbin & King were successful in their recent business interruption insurance case and the Judgement from the high Court has been released. In the lengthy judgment handed down by the High Court, restaurant operators Corbin & King secured ...
Online Sales Tax: Policy Consultation
On Friday 25 February 2022, the Government published an early-stage consultation in order to explore the arguments for and against an Online Sales Tax. This follows concerns reported by businesses of a potential tax imbalance between in-store...
Arbitration on rent debt relief for businesses affected by coronavirus
The Government has released a draft of the guidance for arbitrators on the exercise of their functions under Part 2 of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill. The Government has emphasised that the draft is incomplete and is being published for th...
What is Competitive Socialising?
In short, Competitive Socialising is basically engaging in playing games and activities, whilst socialising with family, friends, and colleagues over food and drink. Depending on the personalities of the participants, the level of competitiveness ...