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Peter Coulson

Views and advice on legal matters from Morning Advertiser's legal expert. You can also contact Peter and see if he can answer your legal queries on Licensing@aol.com

Coulson: Last throws of the satellite TV dice

10-Jan-2008 - MA legal editor urges licensee to steer clear of foreign satellite systems

Coulson: Variations become more enigmatic

14-Dec-2007 - At last! One of the simplification proposals on licensing, announced by the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) fully a year ago, has seen...

Government reveals disorder zone flaws

07-Dec-2007 - As one of its final "thumbs down" to the reputation of the licensed trade, this Government has at last unveiled its deeply flawed concept of Alcohol Disorder Zones (ADZs).

Coulson: The art of painting pubs by numbers

22-Nov-2007 - MA legal guru urges the media to handle the DCMS licensing stats with care

Cracking the code

09-Nov-2007 - Legal expert Peter Coulson gives some tips on the new Gambling laws

Don't pay £50 gaming fee until you have to, advises Peter Coulson

19-Jul-2007 - On 1 September this year, in less than two months' time, the new gambling laws stagger into operation. I say "stagger" because that appears to...

Buyer beware: the devil is in the detail, says Peter Couslon

12-Jul-2007 - Licensees are a sociable lot - that's their trade. They also do most of their business by word of mouth, over the bar. So I...

Gambling with deadlines

21-Jun-2007 - Peter Coulson, MA legal expert, looks at the issues around gaming licences

Consistency is vital

31-May-2007 - Listening to Dave Sissons of Doncaster LVA giving evidence to MPs the other day about the problems of the new Licensing Act, I found myself...

Red tape holds sway over common sense

24-May-2007 - I have often remarked that the licensed trade has a roller-coaster affair with Government and politicians. For some periods, everything is grand, British pubs are...

ASBO beer mats set alarm bells ringing, says Peter Coulson

17-May-2007 - There's a great vogue at present for "naming and shaming" in many different areas - food hygiene, polluters, rogue traders and so forth. All...

Writing references is a slippery slope, says Peter Coulson

10-May-2007 - The letter in last week's MA entitled "Legal implications of honesty" shows what problems can arise when you are asked to give a reference for...

Paying for the right to performance

03-May-2007 - Although the issue of copyright in televised football has dominated the news over the past few months, this is part of a much wider law...