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Drug testing facilities at festivals
For several years a number of large Summer music festivals have provided back-of-house facilities to test drugs circulating on-site. This has been seen as an important safety issue, especially when extremely potent substances can be mixed into pro...
Tipping Rules - Now Law
We have previously tracked the progress of the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill through its Parliamentary trials. The Bill was given Royal assent on 2nd May 2023 and is now the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023. The law won&rsqu...
Pavement Licence Regime Extended For Another Year
With the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill taking its time to make its way through the legislative process it comes as little surprise that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities have introduced a Statutory Instrument extending...
Late TV deal for Women’s Football World Cup
Until just yesterday fans of England Women's World Cup Team were facing having to travel to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia or New Zealand to watch the matches. However, thanks to a last-minute agreement with TV broadcasters ITV and ...
Scotland Deposit Return Scheme Update
The saga of the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme continues but we believe everyone will be relieved to hear that the scheme is now delayed until at least October 2025. Due to the rules on deregulation between the 2 jurisdictions of Wes...
Propel Legal Briefing - The Protect Duty – a start but not the end by Chris Grunert
First appearing for Propel Hospitality in their Legal Briefing on June 14th 2023 The Protect Duty – a start but not the end by Chris Grunert In May of this year, we saw the government publish its Terrorism (Protection of Pre...