Crown Court

Banning orders and publicity

22-Feb-2012 By Peter Coulson

I was rather interested to read about the Cornwall nightclub owner who has installed an ID scanner so she can share information on ‘difficult’ customers with other licensees in the area.This is a subject I have dealt with regularly over many years.

Welsh hosts' satellite football trial adjourned

29-May-2008

The satellite-football court trial of five north Wales licensees has been adjourned until 17 June. The licensees asked for their cases to go to Crown...

Satellite trials go to Crown Court

03-Apr-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Licensees plan to fight Sky all the way Five licensees face Crown Court trials in front of a jury for screening football via foreign satellite...

Host's hygiene penalty

24-Jan-2008

A former Greene King pub manager has received a 12-month conditional discharge after pleading guilty at Crown Court to failing to comply with...

Funding legal turmoil

29-Mar-2007

A Portsmouth licensee who had been persuaded to appeal to the Crown Court against her conviction for showing live football in breach of copyright...

Licensee wins closed period court case

27-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Crown Court judge rules in favour of licensee but MPS says case is another one-off. NEW COMMENT

Yates pub refused licence as 'threat to public safety'

24-Feb-2005

Yates Group is appealing to the crown court against a decision by magistrates to refuse a licence at its site in Swinton, Lancashire.It was refused...

Four jailed over licensee's murder

18-Nov-2004

Three men have been jailed for life for beating a licensee to death in his bedroom while they raided the pub's safe to get cash for drugs. Michael...

Licensee stole Christmas Club cash

12-Aug-2004

An Ipswich licensee who stole almost £5,000 from his pub's Christmas Club has been jailed for a year. Andrew Ross, 38, former licensee of the...

Court puts sword to Zanzibar plan

27-Mar-2003

by Richard Matthews A Crown Court's decision to overturn a previous ruling of a licensing panel and turn down a licence for a city-centre superclub...

The right of appeal - the Chorion v Westminster battle ends

04-Jul-2001

The Chorion and Westminster battle has come to an endA recent high court case involving Westminster Council's policy on licensing has once again...