Licensing Authority

5 common issues affecting TENs

03-Mar-2014 By Poppleston Allen

Temporary event notices (TENs) are useful tools that allow you to extend hours and have additional activities, which may not be permitted by your premises licence. It is going to be a busy year, particularly in terms of sporting events, so knowing how...

Sutton police appeal Wonderland licence review decision

09-Jul-2013 By Gurjit Degun

The Metropolitan Police have appealed a licence review decision against late-night venue in which the licensing authority accused officers of presenting “slanted” evidence.

Action plan for tackling EMROs

08-Jul-2013 By Poppleston Allen

You have heard from a reliable source that your licensing authority may shortly be consulting on whether or not to introduce an early-morning restriction order (EMRO). What should you do? Our action plan lays out suggested steps.

EMRO: even monkeys reject outright...

04-Apr-2013 By Rob Willock

The early-morning restriction order (EMRO) is one of those nasty, Draconian pieces of licensing legislation that we ignore at our peril.

Licence reviews: Be aware of activity outside your pub

31-Oct-2012

It is hard to escape Boris Johnson at the moment. Following hard on the heels of the great success of the London Olympics, he is currently riding the wave of popular opinion. But for those in the licensed trade, especially in London, that popularity may...

Get ahead of the game when it comes to EMROs and the late-night levy

24-Oct-2012 By Poppleston Allen

It has been more than two years since the Government announced plans to ‘rebalance the Licensing Act’. I sometimes wonder whether the continual drip feed of consultation papers, draft regulations and partial enactments is deliberate Government policy...

Westminster Council licence review on Duke of York pub is "warning shot" to licensees

18-Oct-2012 By Adam Pescod

A licence review by Westminster City Council on a Fitzrovia pub has been branded a “warning shot to operators” by a top licensing lawyer.

Licensing applications: Don't roll over if your application has been rejected

25-May-2012 By Jonathan Smith

I have some sympathy with the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings, when faced with Gandalf’s immortal words on the bridge of Khazad-dûm: “You shall not pass!” I have heard words to similar effect from council licensing officers when served with an application...

Annual fees and the Police Reform & Social Responsibility Act

01-May-2012 By Jonathan Smith

The change introduced by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (PRSRA) from 25 April which will affect each and every licensed premises, is the power for licensing authorities to suspend premises licences or club premises certificates for...

Licensing act changes: Shifting responsibility

19-Mar-2012 By Peter Coulson

It came as rather a surprise to hear the Home Office confirm an April start for some of its radical changes to the Licensing Act. Many of us thought it would not be ready for this, and I still have considerable doubts.

Compliance battle drags on

03-Apr-2009 By Peter Coulson

MA legal editor Peter Coulson considers the one-size-fits-all approach to licensing.

Fear over blanket CCTV at pubs

18-Feb-2009 By John Harrington

The UK's privacy watchdog fears police moves to force all pubs to install CCTV risk data protection and privacy breaches.

Moving the legal goal posts

21-Aug-2008 By Peter Coulson

MA legal guru Peter Coulson considers the move to ban late night entertainment in the City of London.

Licensing@aol.com ...Stalemate in DPS dispute

27-Apr-2006

Peter Coulson, MA Legal Expert looks at the problems surrounding interpretation of the Licensing Act

Legal advice: Gambling on authorisation of licensing agents

20-Mar-2006

By Piers Warne of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.LACORS recently received an industry complaint that a...

Legal advice: New rules on gambling

02-Mar-2006

The guidance for the Gambling Act 2005 is now out. What will the changes to the law mean for your pub?By David Clifton of thePublican.com's team of...

As councils fall behind

24-Nov-2005

There may be many licensees waking up this morning in a state of limbo. The reason for this is that, for the first time in their trade careers, they...

Legal advice: Permitted Temporary Activities (Notices)

18-Nov-2005

By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.On November 8, 2005, the Licensing Act 2003...

Hosts given notice to make the TENs count

03-Nov-2005

In the second of four articles prior to licensing D-Day, Peter Coulson explains how temporary event notices work Next week you will have the first...

Residential objections

25-Aug-2005

The recent decision by the Birmingham licensing authority that objections from local residents to the opening hours of a JD Wetherspoon pub were not...

Council-power worries

14-Jul-2005

One of the main principles of the new-style licensing legis- lation, which the Government held to in spite of fierce opposition from local councils,...

Councils juggle Acts

19-May-2005

I commented a couple of weeks' ago that licensees were fearful of putting in their forms for transition, because they were not sure how to complete...

Clarification on display of hours

21-Apr-2005

I have been taken to task ­ very politely, of course ­ by a licensing officer (many of whom read the Morning Advertiser, you will be pleased to...

Time to ACT! Objections

23-Mar-2005

Objections to licences and hearings are the subject of the fourth and final part of Time to ACT!, our series on getting to grips with the new...

Legal advice: Licensing's perfect TEN?

03-Oct-2003

A new system for licence extensions to be introduced.by Deborah McCallum of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitor Joelson...