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Wales - Mandatory Food Hygiene Rating - Update
Further to our previous item 'Wales - New Food Hygiene Law Proposed', the proposals which will require food businesses such as restaurants, takeaways and supermarkets in Wales to display food hygiene ratings at their premises has no...
Surveillance Camera Code of Practice now in force
Earlier this year we reported on the new code of practice relating to surveillance cameras such as CCTV – our previous article can be found here. The Code is now in effect in England and Wales and there are several ways in which it may impa...
Norwich launches EMROs consultation
Norwich has formerly launched their consulation on 3 possible EMROs. That consultation has now formally been launched and runs until 13 September 2013. The detail of the three EMROs follows: EMRO 1: an EMRO to prohibit the sale of alc...
Do interim steps continue pending an appeal - a solution at last?
It has been freshly reported that the case of R (o.a.o. 93 Feet East Ltd) v Tower Hamlets LBC may have once and for all resolved the issue of whether interim steps imposed on a summary review remain in force pending an appeal. It seems, however, t...
Police Appeal Sutton Review Decision
Further to our previous article in which we highlighted a recent decision of the Sutton Licensing sub-committee ('Police 'castigated' for unbalanced evidence on a review') the police have lodged an appeal against the decision and findings of ...
Newcastle First to Adopt Late Night Levy
A meeting of Newcastle's full Council last night rubber stamped the introduction of the first Late Night Levy in the England and Wales. The Levy, expected to be implemented before November will affect premises open between midnight and 6am across...