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Planning: Judicial Review - Summer 2013 amendments to reduce planning delays
In December 2012, the Government published a consultation paper entitled ‘Judicial Review: Proposals for Reform’ which ran between 13 December and 24 January 2013. The consultation sought views on a package of measures to stem ...
Scotland - Tobacco Display Ban in force from today
The introduction of the tobacco display ban for large stores in Scotland comes into force today. This affects shops of more than 280 square metres / 3000 square feet (excluding all bulk tobacconists and specialists) and follows on from similar (bu...
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Food Hygiene - challenging a prosecution
A very recent case in relation to a food hygene prosecution has recently been in the High Court. It centred on the questions of abuse of process and the policy of when to prosecute. It was not a case in which we were involved. The H...
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A recent case in the footballing world has interesting connotations for policing in the wider community on match days and in particular potentially the leisure industry! There has been a spate of cases in recent years as to who should pay for the...
New Tools for Regulators
The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO), which is part of the department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), has now made available a new online tool for the use of the Regulators of the leisure industry. The intention is to secu...
Basic good housekeeping always important!
It can be the easiest things which are overlooked! The recent successful prosecution of and resultant fine imposed on a Bristol area licensee over a series of ‘minor’ licensing transgressions reinforces the need for on-going and...
Premier League again 'targets' foreign football broadcasts
We are seeing reports of a renewed purge of licensees who are being targeted in a crackdown by the FA Premier League (FAPL) over foreign TV football broadcasts. Apparently the FAPL is pursuing civil lawsuits against several pubs across the U...
TV Licences
‘TV Licensing’, the Government Agency which administers and collects TV licence fees has confirmed that a single TV licence in most Public House situations is insufficient, this follows similar advice in October 2012 from agency i...