Licensing
Scotland – Glasgow Licensing Board dates - August 2016 onwards
The Glasgow Board has just announced the dates for their meetings after the 2016 summer recess as follows: Friday 19 August 2016 Friday 16 September 2016 Friday 14 October 2016 Friday 18 November 2016 Friday 16 December 2016 Friday 20 Januar...
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Scotland – Under-aged test purchasing challenges?
Tim Shield attended the Scottish Licensing Law and Practice (SLLP) conference held in Glasgow last Friday. This is always an informative conference and as usual there was a wide range of speakers from differing backgrounds which included Alison Do...
Immigration Act 2016 – and its implications for licensing
The Immigration Bill received Royal Assent in May and so became the Immigration Act 2016. There are numerous notable sections affecting licensing with the Home Office confirming likely implementation for these in Spring 2017. Changes to the ...
Pyschoactive Substances Act - Guidance
Further to our recent news confirming that this Act is now in force, guidance on the Act for councils has now been produced by the Local Government Association. The Act introduced a blanket ban on the production and distribution of psychoactive s...
Sheffield - Tramlines Festival - Inner City Music - 22 - 24 July 2016
The annual Tramlines Music Festival is running in central Sheffield between 22 and 24 July 2016 - http://www.tramlines.org.uk/ The Sheffield Authorities have issued some ‘good housekeeping’ guidance which can be found here. The Guida...
Costs recovery - 'Hemmings' in the European Court of Justice
The long running case of Hemmings which concerns the ability of Licensing (and other) Authorities to recover enforcement costs reaches the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today – although judgment is not expected until later in the year. Fo...
Blackpool reject Late Night Levy
At a meeting held on 25th May Blackpool’s Licensing Committee voted against the implementation of the Late Night Levy (LNL); although a review of this decision is anticipated in six month time. In 2014 Blackpool also rejected an application...