Licensing

03 Jun 2016

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...

01 Jun 2016

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...

01 Jun 2016

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...

31 May 2016

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...

27 May 2016

Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme - update

HM Revenue and Customers has produced updated the Excise Notice relating to the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme. This scheme required all existing wholesaler businesses who wholesale alcohol at or after the point at which excise duty is pa...

27 May 2016

First conviction of shopkeeper for sales below 'minimum price'

The Local Government Lawyer is reporting the first conviction for selling below the ‘minimum price’. On 19 May 2016 a shopkeeper was found guilty at Gateshead Magistrates’ Court on four charges relating to the sale of ‘Kom...