Licensing
HoL Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003: the Health objective and Scotland
At the suggestion of the Clerk to the Committee, we have filed some additional written evidence to the Committee on our experiences of the health objective, and how it works, in Scotland. This will shortly be uploaded to the HoL Committee web pag...
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PPL new tariff - small hotels and guesthouses
UK music licensing company, PPL, has announced a revised tariff for Small Residential Hotels and Guesthouses. The changes will come into effect on 1st January 2017 and are the product of a consultation that was launched earlier in the year with l...
'Recognising the terrorist threat'
A ‘festive’ reminder of the need to be alert to the possibility of a terrorist attack in the lead up to the busy Christmas period. Government guidance on planning for a possibility of a terrorist incident and what action to take in th...
DCMS Entertainment Licensing Statistics in the year to 31 March 2016
DCMS have just released the entertainment licensing statistics for England and Wales in the year to 31 March 2016. They can be found here 'Entertainment Licensing 2016: Statistical Release - November 2016' and also include statistics by region. T...
Festive Temporary Event Notices 2016
With the festive season fast approaching it may be worth considering applying for a Temporary Event Notice (TENs) to trade a few longer hours. If you do decide to apply for TENs - a reminder that for a full notice TEN, 10 working days’ noti...
Fabric Nightclub 'to re-open'
We have previously commented upon the ‘high profile’ closure of Fabric Nightclub. We are seeing reports that terms have been agreed between the operators of Fabric, the council and the police for the premises to reopen subject to a raf...
The issue of costs - 'Hemming' - the next chapter
Cornerstone Barristers is reporting the latest development in the long running ‘Hemmings’ saga – which deals with the recoverability of enforcement costs by licensing authorities. [R(Hemming & ors) Westminster City Council] ...