Licensing
Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013
In our article ‘Going, Going, Gone?', we summarised the DCMS' response to its consultation on the proposed deregulation of certain forms of regulated entertainment. By way of update, the draft of the Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Ente...
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Code of Good Practice for licensed premises gets green light
The City of London Corporation is introducing from this April a ‘Code of Good Practice’ and ‘Traffic Light System’ for licensed premises in the City. The code will seek to reduce problems from licensed premises as well a...
Stretch limousine licensing - a reminder
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has issued a timely reminder (in anticipation of senior school ‘prom’ season!!) to its local schools that parents and head teachers need to check that stretch limousines are appropriately licensed. ...
London pubs on weekend 'alert'
With reports of pubs and other premises being warned of potential issues of disorder over the weekend and in the lead up to the funeral of Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday, this may be a time for a reminder that if legal issues were to arise on wh...
Brentwood - Night-time Economy
Brentwood has taken the first steps, along with an increasing number of Local Authorities, on the road towards potentially introducing a form of restrictive late night policy. Gurjit Degun of the Morning Advertiser yesterday reported that a p...
Hotel mini bars - To license or not to license
Recent trade press reports have indicated a trend away from mini bars in bedrooms at hotels. It is perhaps a timely reminder of the question of when and whether residential rooms/hotel bedrooms/letting rooms should be included within the license...
Motorway Service Areas - Licensable or not?
News that two national operators are looking to open licensed outlets at motorway service areas (MSAs) has justifiably raised the question as to whether it is possible to sell alcohol in such areas. The traditional headline was that it was not po...