England & Wales

15 Jan 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Supreme Court Orders Insurance payouts

We have previously reported on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Court action to resolve contractual uncertainty in business interruption (BI) insurance cover. Following representations to the Supreme Court in November 2020, the Supre...

12 Jan 2021

Covid 19 - What you need to know - Impact On Pub Code Of National Lockdown #3

As with previous lockdowns a declaration, in identical terms and with the same effect as that entered into as agreed by the pub-owning businesses ('POBs') between March and June 2020 and 5th November to 2nd December has been issued. The declarati...

06 Jan 2021

Covid 19 - New Lockdown Regulations Published

Following the Prime Ministers announcement on Monday evening, the Regulations bringing into law the new lockdown have been published and come into force today. A copy of the Regulations can be found here. These regulations amend the existing Heal...

09 Dec 2020

Covid 19 - Outdoor Areas in Tier 2 – Local Authority issues guidance

Some Local authorities in Tier 2 areas have issued guidance in respect of structures in outdoor areas and Covid-19 restrictions. Cheshire West & Chester Council have set out a short guide to ensure premises comply with the current regulations...

08 Dec 2020

Gambling - Ofcom rules on ITV competition investigation

On Monday (7th December) Ofcom confirmed the outcome of an investigation into ITV prize competitions which ran between 2016 and 2019. The investigation commenced after ITV discovered that between 2016 and 2019 a number of postal votes were not inc...

08 Dec 2020

Age limit for playing the National lottery to rise to 18 in October 2021

The Government has pledged a "major and wide-ranging review" of the gambling industry, it will be canvassing views on the legislation in the form of a call for evidence, which will run for 16 weeks until the end of March 2021. In the meantime, th...