John Gaunt & Partners

13 Dec 2016

Best Bar None Sheffield 2017

John Gaunt & Partners are again proud sponsors of the Sheffield BBN awards – with the presentation awards ceremony held at Sheffield City Hall on 9th February 2017. Partner Tim Shield will be among those sifting through the finalists th...

09 Dec 2016

HoL Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003: the Health objective and Scotland

At the suggestion of the Clerk to the Committee, we have filed some additional written evidence to the Committee on our experiences of the health objective, and how it works, in Scotland. This will shortly be uploaded to the HoL Committee web pag...

09 Dec 2016

PPL new tariff - small hotels and guesthouses

UK music licensing company, PPL, has announced a revised tariff for Small Residential Hotels and Guesthouses. The changes will come into effect on 1st January 2017 and are the product of a consultation that was launched earlier in the year with l...

23 Nov 2016

Festive Temporary Event Notices 2016

With the festive season fast approaching it may be worth considering applying for a Temporary Event Notice (TENs) to trade a few longer hours. If you do decide to apply for TENs - a reminder that for a full notice TEN, 10 working days’ noti...

04 Nov 2016

House of Lords Select Committee - evidence given!

Last Tuesday, partner John Gaunt appeared before the HoL Select Committee on Licensing.  Also giving evidence at the 45 minute session was Professor Roy Light and Andy Grimsey of PA. The anticipation proved rather more daunting that the sess...

02 Nov 2016

Chambers and Partners 2017 - John Gaunt & Partners accolade

Today has seen the publication of the latest edition of the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.  Four partners are particularly mentioned and we top the list of Band 1 firms for licensing outside London (which has a separate section).. "...