England & Wales
Food Safety - Pub Operator fined £1.5million for food poisoning death
Mitchells & Butlers has been found guilty of placing unsafe food on the market following the death of Della Callagher, 46, who died of food poisoning two days after eating a four-course Christmas meal at the Railway Hotel, Hornchurch in Decemb...
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Supreme Court to take another look at 'Hemmings'
On Tuesday 13th January the Supreme Court will hearing further representations regarding the matter of R (on the application of Hemming (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) and others) v Westminster City Council. We first reported on this case, which has po...
Summary Review - Premises 'Associated'
The High Court have today issued an interesting Judgment concerning the mechanics of Summary Reviews. Again, the issue of interim steps and their longevity has escaped close scrutiny. On this occasion the issue of the requisite Police certificate ...
Personal Licence renewal form - now in force
The regulations for interim personal licence renewal arrangements have now officially come into force. Accordingly, the new personal licence renewal application form can be used going forward and an MS Word copy of the application is available fro...
Gambling: Gambling Commission to Appeal Greene King Decision?
Earlier this month we reported that Greene King had been successful in their appeal against the refusal by the Gambling Commission for an Operating Licence to authorise Bingo and consequently higher jackpot Gaming Machines (see 'Greene King Rule t...
Personal licences renewal arrangements - progress?
The regulations for the interim personal licences renewal arrangements were laid in Parliament yesterday. Subject to them being approved by Parliament, they will come into force on 5 January 2015, which means that the new application form fo...
Allergen alert changes - just 3 days to go!
With just 3 days to go until the new allergen alert regulations come into force (see 'Allergen alert! An important reminder and update') it is being widely reported today that: Only one third of F&B managers are ready and prepared for the cha...