Enforcement

26 Sep 2023

Test purchase operations in Lancaster and Morecambe

We recently learned about test purchase operations in the Lancaster and Morecambe areas. Over two nights, the Police and Trading Standards for the area carried out tests at 32 licensed premises across the district, and all 32 passed. The tests use...

15 Aug 2023

Police Led Alcohol Intervention Checklist and Toolkit

Working alongside Alcohol Change UK, the Government have recently published a toolkit setting out Police led interventions to supplement existing expertise within Police forces when dealing with alcohol related incidents.   The toolkit has n...

23 Jun 2023

Drug testing facilities at festivals

For several years a number of large Summer music festivals have provided back-of-house facilities to test drugs circulating on-site. This has been seen as an important safety issue, especially when extremely potent substances can be mixed into pro...

27 Apr 2023

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 ...

13 Jan 2023

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...

12 Jan 2023

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...