England & Wales
Martyn's Law Update | Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 becomes Law.
As previously reported the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill completed its journey through the Parliamentary process on 25th March and was awaiting Royal Assent. Today, the King fulfilled his legislative roll and gave his assent creating th...
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VE and VJ Day Commemoration
This year marks the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day – Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan. Victory in Europe (VE Day), which takes place on 8 May, marks the Allied victory in Europe. The war in the Far East did not end until 15 Augu...
Propel Legal Briefing - The end of the off-sales easement is no April Fools by Patrick Robson
First appearing for Propel Hospitality in their Legal Briefing on 13th March 2025 If there was one sliver of silver lining for the hospitality industry during the pandemic, it was the off-sales easement. Introduced under the Business and Planning...
IoL - March Taxi Conference, York
JGP attended the IoL’s taxi conference at York this week, with Partner Christopher Grunert taking part in an Workshop Panel with other Taxi experts. There were very interesting presentations throughout the day, including presentations from ...
The Government launches consultation to relax licensing hours for 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship
The government has launched a consultation on whether to relax licensing hours across licensed premises in England and Wales to mark the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championships (Euro 2025) semi-finals and final. The proposal is to extend l...
English Devolution and Licensing
Some things will take a long time but have the potential for significant change without a fanfare announcement, the English Devolution White Paper has been presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Govern...
Gambling | Statutory levy and online slot stake limits
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today announced plans to introduce a statutory levy and online slot stake limits to be introduced to tackle gambling harm. The introduction of a statutory levy on the Gambling industry to fund res...