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15-Nov-2007
Raising the price of drinks Q We are the only pub in this area and do not have much local trade. Next month there is a special event nearby, with...
Pub faces legal action over smoke odour
25-Oct-2007 By James Wilmore
A licensee is facing legal action for letting smoke drift into his neighbour's garden. In what is believed to be the first episode of its kind, Jeff...
When enough is not enough
18-Oct-2007
The most important point to be made about saturation zones, such as the one proposed in Brighton, is that they do not form a specific part of...
Legal advice: Rights of way
17-Oct-2007
RIGHTS OF way can be vital to the success of licensed properties. Whether they are required for trade deliveries, vehicular access to the car park,...
Pete Robinson: The law is an ass
12-Oct-2007
A bar worker was fined £40 for dropping her cigarette end down a drain. Council officials told her that she was guilty of "contaminating" the...
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27-Sep-2007
Deceased licence holder Q A colleague has died suddenly while on holiday. For some reason his wife was not named on the licence. What is the legal...
Legal advice: Vermin infestations
24-Sep-2007
If you suffer an infestation of pests of any sort at your pub, you may wonder whether it is you or the landlord who should take responsibility for...
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13-Sep-2007
Recipe for rowdy youngsters Q We have been having trouble at our pub with groups of youngsters whose loud, drunken behaviour has put other customers...
Pete Robinson: Who's law is it anyway?
17-Aug-2007
Does it belong to the Government? The police? The Queen maybe? How about the judges? Do they own the law? Wrong on all counts. Read the Magna Carta...
10-Aug-2007 By John Harrington
Local government co-ordinator warns pubs their licence is at risk if they screen foreign satellite football
Licensing@aol.com
09-Aug-2007
Are old notices still valid? Q Do we still have to put up the old-style notices on spirit quantities etc that you used to get from trade stockists? I...
03-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario
The owner of a Mayfair private members club is still encouraging his customers to smoke while he waits for his day in court
Chinawhite club defends brand
01-Aug-2007 By Rosie Davenport rosie.davenport@william-reed.co.u
Fashionable London club Chinawhite is taking legal action to defend its trademark after a supplier launched an RTD using its name. In the latest...
Newcomers: Legal eagles
04-Jul-2007
In those times, legal input would have been minimal.Nowadays, in an ever growing litigious society, carrying out business like that would soon lose...
29-Jun-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Group seeking amendments to the smoking ban has issued a Judicial Review at the High Court today.
Herefordshire licensee to defy ban
27-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A Herefordshire licensee will flout the smoking ban by allowing customers to light up after July 1.Tony Blows, licensee at the Dog Inn, Ewyas Harold,...
21-Jun-2007 By Graham Ridout
Licensees who allow customers to flirt with or pester barmaids could face legal action under new equality laws being drawn up by the Government. The...
Smoke ban comes under fire
21-Jun-2007
A group challenging the legality of the smoking ban has given the Government a "last chance" to consider amendments or face them in the High Court....
Licensing@aol.com
21-Jun-2007
Old notices in the bar QWe still have the statutory Licensing Act 1964 notice about drinking-up time displayed in our bar. This notice is out of...
Trade boss slams move to open toilets
21-Jun-2007
A trade leader claims pubs could become centres for drug traders if licensees are forced to open their toilets to the public. Guild of Master...
21-Jun-2007 By Peter Coulson
Peter Coulson, MA legal expert, looks at the issues around gaming licences
Witch hunt gathering pace
14-Jun-2007
The tale of the Norfolk licensee who paid a proportion of his annual licence fee and then was pursued by the council in the courts should be a...
12-Jun-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Breastfeeding 'rights' proposal
01-Jun-2007 By Ewan Turney
A mass light-up will take place at a Bolton pub on 1 July in defiance of the smoking ban. Nick Hogan, licensee of the 750-capacity Swan in...
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31-May-2007
Raffles must include details QWe have been asked to sell raffle tickets for the local Rotary club in aid of a local rugby player who broke his back....
Drinking-up time confusion
31-May-2007
One of the main practical differences between the new Scottish Licensing Act and its English counterpart concerns drinking up time. Section 63 of the...
17-May-2007 By Peter Coulson
There's a great vogue at present for "naming and shaming" in many different areas - food hygiene, polluters, rogue traders and so forth. All this is...
Unequal games of chance
03-May-2007
Long-standing rivalry between pubs and clubs still continues, even though clubs seem to have come off worst in the general licensing reforms....
03-May-2007 By Peter Coulson
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 which...
Licensing@aol.com
19-Apr-2007
Can we ask for a thug ban? QOver the years we have campaigned hard for the police to take legal action through the Crown Prosecution Service against...
Legal advice: new regulations for building and refurbishments
09-Apr-2007
Are you planning a spring refurbishment? The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 came into force on April 6 and this may affect...
Judges to call shots on serving 'drunks'
05-Apr-2007
Given the sometimes disturbing habits of the judiciary, it is interesting that - sober as a judge - one of our main epithets for sobriety should...
Wetherspoon's in row over deal
29-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
A property agent and JD Wetherspoon have vowed never to work with each other again after a dispute over a pub deal. Wetherspoon's has pulled out of...
23-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin has given an insight into his current role at the company. The degree of Martin's involvement at...
Employers to be liable for sex harassment of staff by public
22-Mar-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Licensees could face legal action if members of staff are subjected to sexual harassment by the public, following a High Court ruling. A raft of...
LETTERs
22-Mar-2007
Making sense of smoking laws I note from an East Lindsay District Council pamphlet that the fine for "failing to prevent smoking in a smoke-free...
16-Mar-2007
Licensees could face legal action if staff are sexually harassed by the public, following a High Court ruling. A raft of legal claims have been...
15-Mar-2007
Pub staff and customers banned from saying "cheers" after U.S. lawyers claim word ownership.
07-Mar-2007
Solicitor claims judicial review could result in delay
Licensing@aol.com
01-Mar-2007
Child labour in pubs QWe own our own pub and our eldest child, aged 14, would like to help out behind the bar on an occasional basis. We saw a news...
The riddles of the new Licensing Act
01-Mar-2007
There is no doubt that the Martians, if they landed, would find it difficult to believe that we could operate to the letter of our licensing laws....
Lone husband in double jeopardy
22-Feb-2007
Another disturbing story, which I am sure has a slightly more rational explanation than I have received, implies that a pub manager can be sacked if...
Licensee loses in second FAPL case
01-Feb-2007
Licensees could still face legal action over foreign satellite screenings, even if they have been acquitted first time round. Karen Murphy, 42,...
Statutory guidance: who really needs it?
25-Jan-2007
The long-awaited full revision of the statutory Guidance under the Licensing Act has now appeared. I don't know whether the trade expected the Holy...
17-Jan-2007
licensee guilty of running unlicensed poker games after failing to persuade a jury it is a game of skill.
Delay drags on over smoke ban regs
04-Jan-2007 By James Wilmore
More government delays over the final details of the smoking ban have sparked frustration within the trade. Just five months before the law outlawing...
Greene King fighting magistrate's costs order
22-Nov-2006 By Hamish Champ
Thousands of UK pubs could be shuttered for good if a local magistrate's decision to strike out an award for licensing appeal costs sets a trend for...
Licensees caught in the middle of gambling battle
26-Oct-2006
Publicans are being caught in the crossfire between the Gambling Commission (GC) and poker companies launching new leagues for pubs.While the GC is...
19-Oct-2006 By Peter Coulson
Although it was interesting to read about the recent county court judgement concerning liability of door staff, I am not sure it deserved the...
10-Oct-2006
A legal ruling confirms that operators and doorstaff are not liable for everything that happens at the entrance or inside pubs or clubs, a lawyer...
