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Licensee hit with £7,600 fine for showing Sky Sports illegally

11-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

A licensee has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after being found guilty of illegally showing a Sky Sports football match.

Cheshire licensees fined £4,500 for illegal Sky use

01-Aug-2014 By Mike Berry

Two Cheshire licensees have been convicted and fined for showing Sky Sports illegally in their pub.

West Midlands licensees admit illegal screenings of Sky Sports

25-Apr-2014 By James Wallin

Two West Midlands licensees have been fined for illegally showing Sky Sports football matches.

East London licensee fined for illegal Sky pub broadcasts

21-Feb-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

An east London licensee has been fined more than £12,000 by Thames Magistrates Court after being convicted for showing Sky Sports programmes illegally in her premises.

Legal checklist: Changing your address

01-Feb-2013 By Poppleston Allen

I know from experience that, when moving house, there is a long list of people who need to know your new address; it is important to remember to add to that list the local authority that issued your premises licence or personal licence.

North London licensee convicted for using domestic Sky card to show football in pub

26-Nov-2012 By Adam Pescod

A north London licensee has been convicted and ordered to pay over £8,000 for illegally using a domestic Sky card to show live football in his pub.

Be cautious over ‘formal cautions’ at your pub

12-Jul-2012 By Jonathan Smith

In my experience most people are familiar with the notion of a ‘formal caution’ being issued by the police or local authority as a method of disposing of the matter once the investigation is concluded.

Trading standards: Protection against low ABVs

08-May-2012

From time to time a particular area of the country will experience a large number of visits to licensed premises by trading standards officers who will test a whole range of spirits behind the bar or bars, to determine whether they are carrying the correct...

Licensees fined over £10k for illegal Sky use

02-Apr-2012 By Adam Pescod

Two Surrey licensees have been fined over £10,000 for showing Sky Sports programmes illegally in their premises.

Licensees fined £17,000 over Sky screening

01-Dec-2011 By Michelle Perrett

Angela Briscoe and Edward Geater of the Bold Privateer Public House in Shipley, West Yorkshire, were ordered to pay £17,014 in fines and costs last week for showing Sky Sports with a domestic card.

Pub fined £13k for illegal Sky use

10-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Licensees of an Oxfordshire pub have been fined more than £13,000 after showing Sky football using a domestic card. Vincent Mark and Gary Smith of...

Licensee fined for illegal Sky screenings

03-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

A Liverpool licensee has been ordered to pay £4,500 in fines and costs after screening Sky using a domestic card.

Four Bristol licensees fined for illegal Sky

14-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney

Four Bristol licensees have been hit with fines and costs totalling £19,412.74 for showing Sky using a domestic card. Alexandros Tryfonon and Kashif...

Pub boss gets £22,000 Sky fine

04-Apr-2008 By John Harrington

Fine is the largest penalty yet for screening Sky via domestic contracts

FACT reveals Sky domestic prosecution figures

02-Mar-2007

FACT says a total of around 600 prosecutions have been brought for using Sky domestic contract to screen football in pubs.