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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 ...
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Scotland - Minimum unit pricing - update
Further to our previous news on this subject Scotland – Minimum Unit Pricing European Ruling, the Court of Session is Scotland is considering this week the legal challenge to the Scottish Government's plan for a minimum alcohol price. Judge...
Scotland - Edinburgh Board lodging dates 2016
It has just been confirmed that the last lodging dates for the upcoming Edinburgh Licensing Boards are as follows: Board Dates Lodging Date 29th August 2016 4th July 2016 26th September 2016 1st August 2016 31st October ...
Scotland – Glasgow Licensing Board dates - August 2016 onwards
The Glasgow Board has just announced the dates for their meetings after the 2016 summer recess as follows: Friday 19 August 2016 Friday 16 September 2016 Friday 14 October 2016 Friday 18 November 2016 Friday 16 December 2016 Friday 20 Januar...
Scotland – Under-aged test purchasing challenges?
Tim Shield attended the Scottish Licensing Law and Practice (SLLP) conference held in Glasgow last Friday. This is always an informative conference and as usual there was a wide range of speakers from differing backgrounds which included Alison Do...
Scotland - Queen's 90th birthday – Board extensions
We are now able to update and summarise the current Licensing Board’s view across Scotland on extensions (granted or not) for the celebration weekend of 10 and 11 June – with grateful thanks to Adrian Howlett at Greene King/ Belhaven P...
Scotland - Glasgow - General Extension - Queen's 90th Birthday
In recognition of the national celebrations for Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th Birthday, the City of Glasgow Licensing Board has determined to grant a general extension of licensed hours in terms of section 67 of the Licensing (Scotland) ...