John Gaunt & Partners

20 Feb 2016

Propel - The policing and crime bill opinion piece by Michelle Hazlewood

This opinion piece was written for and appeared in this weeks Propel Friday Opinion which you can subscribe to here. The policing and crime bill was subject to its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2016 and seeks to cure a numb...

10 Feb 2016

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...

10 Feb 2016

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...

09 Feb 2016

Best Bar None Sheffield 2016

We have been delighted to have sponsored the Sheffield BBN for another year, which reaches its climax with the annual awards ceremony on Thursday evening - which we will be attending and indeed presenting at least one award. Congratulations to th...

08 Feb 2016

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...

29 Jan 2016

Scotland – Minimum Unit Pricing Court of Session hearing dates

In December 2015, we alerted you to the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling on the Scottish Government’s attempt to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol, which article can be found here. As a reminder, the ECJ’s ruling...