Enforcement
Home Office undertakes directed enforcement action against delivery operators
The Home Office has arrested 60 delivery drivers from delivery operators such as Deliveroo, UberEats, and Just Eat as part of a crackdown on illegal working. The arrests took place over a six-day period between 16 and 21 April 2023 in London and ...
A Busy Start to the New Year - Enforcement Action Seems to be on the Rise
On Monday the 9th of January two of the firm’s Partners, Christopher Grunert and Luke Elford, were separately involved in two Expedited Review hearings in Sheffield and Westminster, respectively. Luke’s Westminster hearing, which invol...
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No Standalone Spiking Offence to be created by the Government
We have, over recent months, reported a number of times on the issue of spiking whether by needle or in drinks. In February last year, we reported in our article 'Drink Spiking to be made a criminal offence' that, the then Home Secretar...
Police Scotland have found no evidence to support a surge in claims of spiking by injection
It is reported by the BBC that At a Scottish Police Authority (SPA) meeting held this month, police chiefs were told that between the 12 month period of 1 October 2021 and 30 October 2022, there had been 150 people come forward saying they could h...
National Police Chiefs' Council - Issue New Guidance on Spiking
National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) has now Issued new Guidance on Spiking. This advice, from the NPCC, which is being promoted by individual forces, is aimed at encouraging victims to report incidents of Spiking to the Police and outlin...
LGA guidance note on drink spiking prevention
The LGA has recently published a note on drink spiking prevention. The note includes recommendations for both Licensing Authorities and Premises alike citing a number of good practices. A case study cited in the note from Tunbridge Wells Borough...
Licensing Enforcement Increasing
We are receiving more information around increased licensing enforcement activity and regulation which had, as we have previously reported, been less noticeable, and understandably so during the last couple of years and due to the Covid Pandemic ...
Increased activity in test purchasing
After a period of apparent inactivity, we are starting to receive reports of enforcement activity around test purchasing for under age sales of alcohol. It is perhaps understandable that since the onset of COVID in 2020 we have not heard of much ...