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Scotland - Dundee: Overprovision for the whole City...except the waterfront
Further to our previous article in April ('Dundee overprovision for the Whole City') which notified that the Dundee City Licensing Board had commenced a consultation exercise seeking views as to the areas within which an overprovision policy shoul...
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Scotland - 125ml Wine Measure
Further to our news item on 28th January, 2014 (link) – it is being reported that the number of premises now offering the smaller 125ml wine measure has almost doubled. Special posters and tent cards to promote the availability of the ...
Scotland - Significant changes to the Licensing Act (Scotland) 2005 tabled
The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 14 May 2014 and seeks to make numerous and significant changes to the Licensing Act (Scotland) 2005 as follows: Amending the licensing objective relating to children to also include ...
Scotland - victory for Sky in football screening copyright case
It has been reported that the Premises Licence Holder and Premises Manager of a Glasgow pub have been fined for screening Sky sports to customers without the proper authorisation from Sky. The successful claim made by Sky was for breach of an inte...
Scotland - Minimum Unit Pricing heads to Europe
The now increasingly lengthy saga of the attempts by The Scottish Government to introduce a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol has taken its next step. The Government in Scotland first introduced legislation concerning the issue two years ago but thi...
Scotland - Edinburgh - and 'over provision' of off licences in particular?
The 2013 Edinburgh Licensing Policy asserts that there is over provision of off-licences in certain specified areas of the City with the usual presumption against grant. We had the good fortune to be appearing before the Edinburgh Licensing Board...
Scotland - Personal Licence Refresher Training - Important Reminder
We make no apology for joining the chorus of concern at the apparent slow take up of the required refresher training for all Scottish personal licence holders. For many, time may be beginning to run out. There are widespread reports of a very slo...