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AREAS OF WORK
Licensing, Betting & Gaming Law
- Licensing Act 2003:
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Advice and representation for council, applicant or other interested parties at council licensing hearings for personal licences, premises licences, club premises certificates, variations, transfers, provisional statements, temporary event notices; saturation policies; reviews of premises licences or club premises certificates.
Conversion of old-style licences to new-style licences, including advice on transitional provisions, extent of grandfather rights and need for variations.
Acting as clerk to the "licensing committee/panel" for the licensing authority, including legal advice, producing record of meeting and decision notice.
Advice to licensing authority and drafting of statement of licensing policy/amendments; advice to objectors; challenges to policy (acting for or against licensing authority).
Advice and representation for council, applicant or other interested parties on appeal to magistrates' court against permission or refusal of licence or conditions.
Applications for closure orders and appeals.
Prosecuting and defending Licensing Act offences.
Training seminars on the new licensing law.
- Other Licensing
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Advice and representation for council, applicant or other interested parties at council licensing committee hearings for public entertainment licences, theatre & cinema licences, sex establishment licences, taxi & private hire licences.
Appeals against refusal, acting for council, applicant or other interested parties.
Acting as "clerk to the licensing committee" for the council, including legal advice, producing record of meeting and decision notice.
Prosecuting and defending miscellaneous licensing offences.
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The licensing, betting and gaming law barristers deal regularly with work in the following courts (among others):
- Leicester magistrates' court
- Nottingham magistrates' court
- Coventry magistrates' court
- Northampton magistrates' court
- Peterborough magistrates' court
- Derby magistrates' court
- Lincoln magistrates' court
The licensing, betting and gaming law barristers team consists of:
