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Scotland - West Lothian Licensing Board festive policy 2016/17
Following our previous article about West Lothian Licensing Board consulting on its 2016/17 Festive Policy, the Board has approved premises to have the benefit of later hours without need for formal application in certain circumstances. Premises ...
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Gambling - Revised Licence conditions and codes of Practice - Published
The Gambling Commission have recently published a revised Licence conditions and codes of practice (LCCP) which shall take effect on 31st October 2016. The revision follow earlier consultations carried out by the Commission. In 2015 the Ga...
House of Lords - Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - Day One
On the 5th July the House of Lords’ Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 convened their first evidence session. At this first session, evidence was taken from: Anna Paige – Head of the Drugs and Alcohol Unit in the Home O...
Can a Judicial Review help, if time is short?
An interesting, if not unexpected, decision has recently been handed down by Mr. Justic Ouseley in respect of the matter of R (Woodward) –v- Thurrock BC. In summary, Woodward (the Applicant) had applied to Thurrock for a premises licence fo...
Upcoming Sheffield based APLH Courses
Dont forget that we hold regular APLH courses in our Sheffield based training suite. August is now fully booked but we still have places on the following courses: Thursday 1st September Wednesday 21st September Tuesday 11th October Wednesday ...
Hackney - Late night Levy Update
We have previously kept you updated as to the proposed Late Night Levy in Hackney. We understand that at the Full Council Meeting on 20th July it was resolved to proceed with a formal consultation as to whether to adopt a Late Night Levy an...
HoL Licensing Committee - update
The recently constituted House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 is next to take evidence on 19 July from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and from authors of previous reviews on the Licensing Act f...