Personal Licence

Host's licence stripped for Sky breach

25-May-2007 By John Harrington

Hampshire licensee first to be stripped of his personal licence for showing football using a Sky domestic card.

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03-May-2007

TEN for bar in council's hall Q I have a colleague who holds a personal licence. He has been asked to run a bar for an event at a hall owned by the...

Daphne, 73, fails personal licence test

21-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci

The licensee who had to take her personal licence exam despite running a pub for over four decades has vowed to keep pulling the pints despite...

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02-Nov-2006 By Peter Coulson

MA Legal expert Peter Coulson answers your questions about the trade.

Licence holder need not always be present

29-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson]

Much play is being made of the recent letter by Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to South Yorkshire MP Eric Illsley about the police insisting on a personal licence-holder always being on premises

Councils have limited powers over licences

22-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson

It is interesting to note that NALHM, the pub managers' union, is taking up the cudgels on behalf of members whose personal licences may be under...

Morning Advertiser legal expert Peter Coulson answers your questions

18-May-2006 By Peter Coulson

Loss of personal licence...Q I seem to have lost the printed copy of my personal licence when I moved to take up a new management position recently. I have searched everywhere. What do I do now?

Legal expert Peter Coulson discusses the big DPS mystery

09-Feb-2006 By Peter Coulson

The closure of pubs reported in this paper last week is as a result of poor drafting of the new Licensing Act - a fact which will become all too...

LETTERS

05-Jan-2006

Brush up on law to stop alcohol sales confusion I thought I would share a story with you in order to provide Morning Advertiser readers with some...

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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...

Licensees in the lurch over licence applications

25-Aug-2005

Licensees across the country who paid solicitors, consultants and agents to handle their applications are discovering they have been left in the...

An early licence for Toby

11-Aug-2005

Toby Kheng, from Lincolnshire, has become probably the youngest person in England and Wales to gain a personal licence under the Licensing Act 2003....

Remember personal licence date

21-Jul-2005

With all the publicity about 6 August as the cut-off date for 'grandfather rights for existing premises, it may be missed that it is also the cut-off...

Sale delay won't scupper licence

07-Jul-2005

I had a very interesting discussion with a local licensee last week. He asked me about his own situation with regard to his personal licence. It...

Will conviction affect me?

23-Jun-2005

' have not yet applied for my personal licence because I have a problem. The person who was named on the licence with me has now left the company,...

Rule on outside areas

12-May-2005

QCan you explain the first guidance note on the application form to convert a justices' licence into a premises licence? I have always understood...

Poor advice adds to

28-Apr-2005

transition confusion By now, many readers will have received a bundle of information from their local council on the new licensing regime. It will...

Training: Flying colours

13-Apr-2005

Newly equipped to run a pub, Phil Mellows recounts his experience of the NCPLH exam and why it is useful to have staff with the qualification.It's in...

Incidents of BDM bullying are rare occasions

31-Mar-2005

I wish to respond to last week's letter in the MA ("Payne should stand down for supporting BDMs"). It is the membership of the Federation of Licensed...

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...

Safety in numbers?

09-Dec-2004

Licensing practitioners all over the country have been very busy in recent weeks ensuring that the licences that their clients hold are in apple-pie...

Joint names on licences

04-Nov-2004

Q & A

Legal advice: On course for a change

09-Sep-2003

To be granted a personal licence, qualifications are a must.by Richard Williams of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors...