Premises Licence

06 Apr 2023

The Home Office informally consults Licensing Authorities on licensing fee levels

The Home Office has written to Licensing Authorities in England and Wales asking for informal views on alcohol licensing fee levels.  The survey's aim is to help the Home Office understand the true cost to Licensing Authorities of administer...

17 Feb 2023

EMROs may be back? Walsall looking into one.

News reaches us that Walsall Licensing Committee are taking preliminary steps, which could lead to the implementation, of an Early Morning Restriction Order (EMRO). This is a mechanism whereby a Licensing Authority can bring in a blanket restricti...

24 Jan 2023

King Charles' Coronation

For the first time in many people’s lives, we will see a King’s Coronation, with the Coronation of His Royal Highness King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen Consort taking place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey, London. ...

13 Jan 2023

A Busy Start to the New Year - Enforcement Action Seems to be on the Rise

On Monday the 9th of January two of the firm’s Partners, Christopher Grunert and Luke Elford, were separately involved in two Expedited Review hearings in Sheffield and Westminster, respectively. Luke’s Westminster hearing, which invol...

09 Jan 2023

Melton Mowbray Council - Another Cumulative Impact Policy is removed!

On 20th December the Full Council at Melton Mowbray met to consider the adoption of a new licensing policy for the period 2022-2027. It is reported that at the meeting the new draft policy was adopted. Perhaps the point of most interest to Opera...

08 Nov 2022

Government response to the post-legislative scrutiny of the Licensing Act 2003 follow up report

In 2017, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 published its post legislative scrutiny report. The Government’s formal response followed later that year. Links to both can be found in our previous article here - 'Hou...