Premises Licence
High Court refuses permission to bring judicial review in premises licence transfer case
Under the Licensing Act 2003, a premises licence transfer is applied for by the incoming premises licence holder but the application ought to be accompanied by the signed consent of the current premises licence holder. However, a licensing author...
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Low alcohol on the up
With the festive season rapidly approaching it won’t be long until the new year will be among us. With the dawn of January comes new year’s resolutions and the trending practice of ‘Dry January’. Dry January 2022, will be s...
Government launches consultation on banning the supply of certain single-use plastics
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched two consultations looking at single-use plastic items in England. Banning the supply of single-use plastic The first is seeking views about banning the supply of singl...
Covid 19 - Welsh Covid Passports - the Detail
Further to our news item on the Welsh government adoption of the use of Covid passports we now have some working examples as to how and when they will be required to be used. To confirm use of Passports are activated when any venue meets th...
Covid 19 - Welsh Covid Passports come into effect
Following on from the discussions in Scotland and England as to the use of Covid passports at 7am this morning the Welsh made their position known and have followed Scotland. The Welsh Covid Passport scheme will come into effect on the 11th Octob...
Daylight Saving Time ends 31st October 2021
A reminder that British Summer Time (or as it may be more properly called Daylight Saving Time) ends at 2am Sunday 31 October 2021. This means that at 2am on that Sunday, the time becomes 1am and premises entitled to trade to 2am or later can enjo...
Covid 19 - Plan B and Passport Consultation
The government is gearing up the Plan B position despite the hope that we will never need it. Yesterday we saw the issue of an invitation to respond to the detail on the proposed certification regime, which could be introduced as part of Plan B. ...