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The Lock In Podcast

The challenges of outdoor trading

30-Mar-2022 By Ed Bedington

With summer threatening, the Lock In team take a look at whether pubs are ready or not for outdoor trading, looking at some of the challenges, and how recent legislative changes have impacted on the classic pub garden.

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Legal Q&A: effect of CIPs on alcohol licence applications and mulled wine sales rules

20-Oct-2021 By Suraj Desor, solicitor at Poppleston Allen

Legal experts Poppleston Allen answer queries on cumulative impact policies (CIPs) and selling wine at a Christmas fair.

‘Declining’ pub must install customer ID scanner to keep licence

14-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

A pub must scan customer IDs as a condition to keep its licence after a number of incidents took place at the site involving patrons “taking over the premises”.

Residents fight to get ‘notorious’ pub’s licence revoked

08-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

People living in Whipton Village Road, Exeter, are calling for a licence review of a local pub on the grounds of crime and disorder, and public nuisance.

Pub may lose licence after Facebook post ‘inciting violence’

22-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A Stockton-on-Tees pub could have its licence revoked after police intervened over a Facebook post that its MP described as glorifying domestic violence.

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Top tips: considerations for your beer festival

21-Oct-2019 By Poppleston Allen

What extra legal work could holding a beer festival at your pub entail?

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Beware of insolvency complexities

21-Oct-2019 By Poppleston Allen

We have recently been involved in several cases where the premises licence has lapsed by virtue of the licence holder becoming insolvent or being dissolved.

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Legal Q&A: licence amendments and splitting area coverage

21-Oct-2019 By Poppleston Allen

The latest legal Q&A from specialist licensing solicitors Poppleston Allen covers licence amendments and splitting area coverage.

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Can I show the FA Cup final?

26-May-2015 By Poppleston Allen

Next Saturday sees the FA Cup final being staged at Wembley - but it is also live on the BBC, so can pubs show it?

Home Office issues guidance on personal licence renewals

28-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The Home Office has published guidance outlining how publicans need to renew personal licences, but has not yet provided the new application form or set a date for when the deregulation of the licences will come into force.

Legal Q&A: Renewing your licence and when it's under threat

07-Nov-2014 By Poppleston Allen

This week's legal Q&A asks when you must renew your licence and when your licence is under threat.

Penalised for being top of the class

04-Sep-2014 By Mike Berry

When was the last time you were penalised for being at the top of the class? Well, that is exactly what appears to be in store for licensees who obtained their personal licences in the early months of 2005, when licence reform in England and Wales was...

Legal checklist: Showing films at your pub

03-Oct-2013 By Poppleston Allen

One way to maximise profits it to provide entertainment at your premises. If you don’t want to go down the route of using live bands, then showing films at your premises is a good alternative, which can appeal to a wide range of customers. Here is a legal...

6 obligations for personal licence holders

24-May-2013 By Poppleston Allen

Once your personal licence has been granted, you should not simply file it under “remember to do something with me in 10 years”. If you are working in the licensed trade and involved in the sale of alcohol, you must comply with certain obligations that...

The importance of safeguarding your pub's premises licence

21-May-2012 By Jonathan Smith

It is so important to look after your premises licence. I know that it is an obvious point really, but I have come across two examples recently in practice that illustrate just how easily things can go wrong.

How to get rid of surplus conditions

08-Feb-2012 By Peter Coulson

Still on the subject of conditions, I continue to see premises licences with a whole string of requirements, many of which appear to have little or no relevance to the current situation of the pub concerned.

Mark Daniels: Personal Alcohol Licences... Fact, or Fantasy?

22-Feb-2011

On Monday's Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 - this week hosted by Vanessa Feltz - a former Labour councillor put forward the idea that a licence to...

Pub denied licence over noisy customers

25-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore

A frustrated licensee is hoping to mobilise support from his locals to get his pub's licence back after it was refused due to noisy smokers. Sean...

Losing a licence is not automatic

11-Nov-2010 By Peter Coulson

Copyright trade protection agencies will issue warning leaflets about losing your licence but the loss of the licence is not automatic, says Peter Coulson.

Expert: sell cannabis alongside alcohol and tobacco

14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney

Cannabis should be legalised and sold under licence in shops alongside tobacco and alcohol, according to one expert.

Precautions for promotions

28-Jun-2010 By Peter Coulson

Issuing diktats to licensees in an uncompromising way is not good regulation, says Peter Coulson.

Branding: avoid making any substitutes

14-Jun-2010 By Peter Coulson

Brand substitution has been around for a long time and needs to be actively discouraged, for a number of reasons, says Peter Coulson.

Doormen: keeping yourself covered at work

08-Jun-2010 By Peter Coulson

Peter Coulson explains that the pub or club is liable for their doormen's actions, regardless of any contract with the agency.

More time for grieving families

19-Jan-2010 By Peter Coulson

The second change in the new consultation regarding TENs is a long-standing problem, which I first wrote about at the time of the Act.

Peer polycarbonate pressure

19-Jun-2009 By Peter Coulson

The calls for polycarbonate glasses have begun again, says Peter Coulson.

Keep a check on those conditions

13-Feb-2009 By Peter Coulson

There are only four mandatory conditions in three sections of the Licensing Act, says Peter Coulson.

Sympathy for the widow

20-Nov-2008 By Peter Coulson

Licensing law needs to address death differently and take a more compassionate stance, says Peter Coulson.

Coulson: Who is responsible for a licence in the blame game?

27-Jun-2008 By Peter Coulson

MA legal expert Peter Coulson asks who is responsible for a licence in the blame game?

Q&A

24-Apr-2008

Friend out of date Q. A friend of my son has set up a retail business and says that he is going to sell packs of beer but without a licence because...

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17-Apr-2008

Bereavement rights Q. A local pub near here has been closed down by council officials because the family failed to apply for a transfer of the...

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10-Apr-2008

Age no barrier to licence Q. My father recently celebrated his 75th birthday. Is there an upper age limit for the holding of a personal licence? I...

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21-Feb-2008

Licence for pub garden Q Is there any need to license the garden of our pub in some way? I never did anything about this during transition and we...

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13-Dec-2007

Breach of licence QThere is a shop in this village which had an off-licence under the old law. They have now taken to putting out tables and chairs...

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29-Nov-2007

Holding the licence QI am confused about the requirements for the premises licence. We have a summary posted up at the front door giving all 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...

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30-Aug-2007

A different type of licence Q When we took over this pub we were given a copy of the existing premises licence, which covers "the provision of live...

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19-Jul-2007

Trains and boats and planes Q Under the old licensing laws, certain moveable objects, such as boats and trains, gained exemption from licensing and...

Snifter sniffs out real story

05-Apr-2007

Three years ago, we ran an April Fool's Day piece saying that David Blunkett, who was Home Secretary at the time, was considering introducing a...

Small pubs still a nuisance

18-Jan-2007

Following on from my piece last week about the review of a licence, I have found out that the licensee in question was using the 'small premises'...

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04-Jan-2007

Surrender of a licence QIs there any way a licence can be surrendered? We no longer need one of the licences which we obtained prior to the new...

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14-Dec-2006

Can kitty go beyond hours? Q We have had a major debate here about the pre-Christmas practice of setting up a kitty behind the bar. If the fund is...

Fees still in limbo as bills are issued

14-Dec-2006

What an irony! The very day after I finally received the first of three long-awaited licences from Westminster, another envelope landed on to the mat...

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30-Nov-2006

Does relief need to be qualified? Q I am taking a fortnight off soon and want to hire a relief manager for the period. My question is: do I need to...

Check those changes

30-Mar-2006

For several months I have urged holders of premises licences to check the small print of their new licence and its summary. The reason for this,...

Heartache over licence conditions

16-Mar-2006

Since licences are still being issued, it is only now that some have a chance to see the actual terms of their licence. It does not always make good...

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08-Dec-2005

Freedom of operation within the new system ' have a work's Christmas party booked at my local guild hall on 17 December. Am I right in thinking I...

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01-Dec-2005

Be sure to send in your change-of-address details Q I received both my paper and card personal licence a week ago. They both state the name of the...

Check your licence so you know what's what

01-Dec-2005

When the paper copy of your new licence, and the summary, arrive, it would pay you to sit down and study it carefully. What the local licensing...

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17-Nov-2005

Hotel drinking dilemma Q The local council is taking the view that hotel residents and guests cannot continue to drink alcohol as they do under the...

Missing council deadline

01-Sep-2005

Q We have a residential licence for this seaside hotel but unfortunately due to a misunderstanding we did not get our application to the council in...