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Scotland - South Lanarkshire Licensing Board Dates Released for 2016
It has just been confirmed that the Board dates for the South Lanarkshire Licensing Divisions are as follows: Licensing Division No. 1 (Clydesdale area) Date of meeting Final date for submission of applications Friday, 12 February 2016 n/a F...
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Breaking News: Policing and Crime Bill
The Policing and Crime Bill was introduced today, Part 7 of which relates to potential changes to the Licensing Act 2003. In brief, proposed changes include: The ability for Licensing Authorities (and not just the Courts) to suspend or revoke pe...
Sunday Trading - Possible Relaxation - Update
Originally published 3rd February 2016. Further to our previous news that the proposed relaxation in Sunday trading laws had become ‘stalled’ - the Government have now made it known that they are intending to press ahead with these pl...
Gambling - Commission Wins Greene King Appeal
We have previously reported that Greene King had been successful in their appeal against the refusal of the Gambling Commission for an Operating Licence to authorise bingo (and therefore higher jackpot gaming machines) in its pubs. The Gambling C...
LGA and CIPFA Consultation on Locally Set Fees
The Institute of Licensing is reporting that the Local Government Association (LGA) and CIPFA (the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) have launched a local authority consultation on locally set fees. They have jointly wr...
Pump and Boneyard, Shoreditch - appeal
Philip Kolvin QC (Cornerstone Barristers) has kindly alerted us to this interesting case on which he was involved. The facts of the case read a bit like a best-selling novel but the decision before the magistrates last week on appeal was also reve...
Essence Bars (London) Ltd (or was it?!) -v- Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames - an Appeal Court decision
On Tuesday (3/2/16) the Court of Appeal published their judgment following a hearing and submission in December. The case concerned an Appeal against a decision of Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (‘the Licensing Authority’...