Licensing Act

Trade relieved as attempt to delay Licensing Act fails

17-Nov-2005

The trade breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as a last-ditch attempt in Parliament to delay the implementation of the Licensing Act...

New motion tabled to postpone Licensing Act

27-Oct-2005

A last-ditch attempt to stall the start date for the Licensing Act is to be launched in the House of Lords on November 14 - just 10 days before the...

Support for attempts to delay the Act

13-Oct-2005

Attempts to delay the start of the Licensing Act have been pushed in both Houses of Parliament this week.In the House of Commons both the Tories and...

Trade calls on government to delay licensing review

22-Sep-2005

Plans for an early review of the Licensing Act have been condemned from both inside and outside the trade.Following pressure from local authorities...

Punch ruling could have UK-wide implications for Act

15-Sep-2005

A landmark court decision could undermine the terms of the Licensing Act and see licensees forced to meet onerous conditions when applying for a...

Serving hotel residents

28-Jul-2005

QCould you explain how hotels and B&B premises stand under the new legislation with the ability to serve alcohol to residents and their guests at...

Tasting a parent's drink

21-Jul-2005

QWe were visited by the police during the recent hot weather and told we would be reported for 'allowing a 14-year-old, sitting with her parents in...

Legal advice: Licensing regulations complicate matters

07-Oct-2004

The regulations attached to the Licensing Act have complicated matters rather than simplified them.By Deborah McCallum of thePublican.com's team of...

Licence for an island pub

16-Sep-2004

QWhat happens in a situation where you have a pub on an island in the middle of a river that divides two counties? Who has jurisdiction over the...

House of Lords passes Licensing Act guidance

09-Jun-2004

The House of Lords has passed the guidance to the Licensing Act, paving the way for the way for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to set...

Visiting caravans at pub

29-Apr-2004

QI think I have read somewhere that persons using their own caravans in our field at the rear of the pub, paying us a fee, counts as "residents" for...

New policy for Regent

13-Nov-2003

by The PMA Team Fears about the Licensing Act has prompted Regent to focus on buying sites that are already late licensed for its Walkabout and Bar...

Transfer in January

13-Nov-2003

Q We have just missed the sessions when we intended to apply for a transfer and the court office tells us that the next one is in January. Can you...

Thug bans and new law

21-Aug-2003

Q I have been asked by one of our association members whether the Exclusion of Certain Persons legislation has been incorporated into the new...

The Act is law, but where will licensing power lie?

17-Jul-2003

Although the Licensing Act is now law, it does not seem to have quelled the active debate about whether it is good law and whether it will work. In...

When pre-11am sales are allowed

10-Oct-2002

Lecturing to licensees the other day, I was asked about pubs making off-sales in the morning. One delegate said a pub down the road could start...