John Gaunt & Partners
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...
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Age verification technology in alcohol sales - Home Office Key Learning
As we have previously reported the Home Office has worked with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) to create a Regulatory ‘Sandbox’ to allow the trial of several age verification technologies. The aim was to assess and ...
Pavement Licence Relaxations & TEN increase
At the IOL Conference last week, Government Officials confirmed that a consultation was planned for early 2023 for both retaining the Off-Sale relaxations currently enjoyed as part of the Covid Pavement Licence changes and the current increase to ...
Nottingham to Consult on Revocation of Late Night Levy
Nottingham City Council’s Licensing Committee are due to meet on Friday (6th May). Included in the published agenda is a review of the City’s Late-Night Levy Scheme (LNL). The recommendation within the report is: “That th...
Licensing Hours Extended for Queen's Platinum Jubilee
As the hospitality sector prepares, with optimism (and hope), for a Great British Summer!, the Minister of State for Crime and Policing, Mr Kit Malthouse confirmed in a statement to the House of Commons that the Government will be relaxing the lic...
Arbitration on rent debt relief for businesses affected by coronavirus
The Government has released a draft of the guidance for arbitrators on the exercise of their functions under Part 2 of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill. The Government has emphasised that the draft is incomplete and is being published for th...
What is Competitive Socialising?
In short, Competitive Socialising is basically engaging in playing games and activities, whilst socialising with family, friends, and colleagues over food and drink. Depending on the personalities of the participants, the level of competitiveness ...