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Miscellaneous posts by a licensing lawyer
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.
London Taxi Drivers v Uber
In early June the London Assembly voted unanimously to ask Sadiq Khan not to renew Uber’s licence.
TfL shuts down Taxify
Three days after its launch in London, Uber-rival Taxify has been ordered by Transport for London to cease trading.
Uber under Attack
To paraphrase ‘Hamlet’ – When troubles come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
Uber rival question mark
The TfL Press Release is silent on the intriguing disappearance of Taxify’s operating licence
Selective Diversity
What is so unacceptable about same-sex clubs? Are their members not allowed-in to the cultural diversity celebrations?
“Light Touch Bureaucracy”?
“The Heavy Hand of Light-Touch Bureaucracy” . A paper for Sheffield University, October 2016
Suspension of PHV Licence
The High Court has given important guidance as to the exercise of the power to suspend a PHV driver’s licence.
Residents’ Associations
A common misapprehension is that a good point is made stronger by repetition: it is not – it is weakened.
Anti-social behaviour
Experiments on mice point to a cure for drugs and binge-drinking tendencies in human beings.
Pinsent Masons (Archived)
The Gambling Commission impose stricter conditions by which betting shops are entitled to make FOBTs available.
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