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Various articles covering all areas of licensing law and practice. Entirely personal commentaries about recent licensing news, alcohol & entertainment licensing, betting, gambling, the licensing of sex establishments (lap dancing clubs), taxis, PHVs - as well as miscellaneous topics such as cultural diversity, gentlemen's clubs, website tactics, and the battle between London's black cabs and Uber.
24 hour fish & chips
Cardiff City Centre. Proper application of cumulative impact policy. Adverse impact occurring away from premises.
Casinos: Money Laundering
The Gambling Commission has written to all online casino operators expressing concerns about anti-money laundering.
Airside Alcohol Sales
Déjà vu. The Home Office has been considering the anomalous exemption of ‘airside’ bars at airports for some years.
NHS Drunk Tanks
The continuing problems of excess alcohol consumption are hard to dissociate from excess provision.
Uber Model is Unlawful
Transport for London release full reasons for refusing to renew Uber’s London licence.
Cumulative Impact for IOL
Are Cumulative Impact Policies “more honour’d in the breach than in the observance”?
Milton Keynes loses Appeal
“A naked usurpation of the legislative function under the thin disguise of interpretation” ?
Preparation of Bundles
The Court Bundle can make the difference between winning or losing a borderline case.
Workers’ rights: Uber appeal
Employment Appeal Tribunal rules that Uber must give minimum rights to workers.
A Lost Opportunity
The Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on the Licensing Act 2003 is a lost opportunity.