Licensing

08 Nov 2016

Scotland - Edinburgh Board lodging dates 2017

It has just been confirmed that the last lodging dates for the upcoming Edinburgh Licensing Boards are as follows: Board Dates Lodging Dates 30 January 2017 5 December 2016 27 February 2017 9 January 2017 27 March 2017 30 Janyary 2017 24 ...

04 Nov 2016

House of Lords Select Committee - evidence given!

Last Tuesday, partner John Gaunt appeared before the HoL Select Committee on Licensing.  Also giving evidence at the 45 minute session was Professor Roy Light and Andy Grimsey of PA. The anticipation proved rather more daunting that the sess...

28 Oct 2016

Scotland - Liquor Licensing Statistics 2015 -16 released

Every year the Scottish Government releases liquor licensing statistics and those for 2015 -16 have just been issued and can be found here: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubLiquor/LiquLic201516  The figures a...

27 Oct 2016

Scotland - an 'entertaining' licensing change of note!

As we have previously reported, the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 made some changes to the Scottish licensing regime. See our article: 'Scotland - Air Weapon and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 - Received Royal Assent'. Those p...

27 Oct 2016

Scotland - Alcohol Focus Scotland regional licensing events

In September 2016, Alcohol Focus Scotland held a series of regional events to share learning around licensing policy and practice. As we look ahead to newly constituted licensing boards with a fresh round of Statements of Licensing Poli...

27 Oct 2016

Counter-terror training 'should be part of venue licence'

The BBC is reporting that licensing laws should be changed to require entertainment venues around the UK to undergo counter-terror training. Baroness Ruth Henig apparently told the Victoria Derbyshire programme that some venues did not ...