Licensing

30 Aug 2016

HMG 'invests £40 million and cuts red tape to boost tourism across England'

Last Friday, the Government announced some initiatives it indicated were designed to bolster the tourist trade in England. According to the press release: Towns and cities from across England will benefit from a £40 million fund to deliver...

25 Aug 2016

Scotland - 'Dundee overprovision policy failed to follow the law'

We have previously reported on the controversial overprovision policy adopted by the Dundee Board which determined that the whole Board area was over-provided save for the waterfront area – see our article 'Scotland - Dundee: Overprovis...

12 Aug 2016

Costs recovery - 'Hemmings' may find relief in Europe

We have reported on the legal case of R (on the application of Hemming (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) and others) v Westminster City Council for several years.  A decision in the Supreme Court published on 29th April 2015 was decided against Mr. H...

05 Aug 2016

Scotland - West Lothian Licensing Board festive policy 2016/17

Following our previous article about West Lothian Licensing Board consulting on its 2016/17 Festive Policy, the Board has approved premises to have the benefit of later hours without need for formal application in certain circumstances. Premises ...

29 Jul 2016

House of Lords - Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - Day One

On the 5th July the House of Lords’ Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 convened their first evidence session.  At this first session, evidence was taken from: Anna Paige – Head of the Drugs and Alcohol Unit in the Home O...

29 Jul 2016

Can a Judicial Review help, if time is short?

An interesting, if not unexpected, decision has recently been handed down by Mr. Justic Ouseley in respect of the matter of R (Woodward) –v- Thurrock BC. In summary, Woodward (the Applicant) had applied to Thurrock for a premises licence fo...