Tidying up the Coronavirus, Restrictions Regulations: the law of unintended consequences
In this article, I look at how a “tidying up” amendment in the new All Tiers Regulations has removed an important obligation on the...
Coronavirus Law Resources
Because it dawned on me that I was continually resorting to Google searches, scrolls through WhatsApp chats and hunting the downloads...
The 3 Tier Covid-19 Regulations: Impact on Licensed Premises
Here's an article my colleague Gary Grant and I have written for the Local Government Lawyer on the 3 Tier regulations and their impact...
Track and trace; obligations of hospitality undertakings; North-East "lockdown"
A tsunami of fairly grim reading for the embattled licensed trade this afternoon, with the publication of a series of regulations under...
Uber v TfL
Gerald Gouriet QC and myself are representing the Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association as an interested party in the appeal brought by Uber...
Local authority costs and the indemnity principle - Re Eastwood applied.
The judgment of Mostyn J. in R (on the application of Kuznetzov) v. Camden LBC [2019] EHWC 3910 (Admin) escaped my notice when it came...
Pavement licensing under the Business and Planning Act 2020
The Business and Planning Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 22 July 2020. The pavement licensing provisions in sections 1-10 of the Act...
Independence Day and Beyond
I've produced with my FTB colleagues Gary Grant and Leo Charalambides a guide on the "Independence Day" regulations and the tsunami of...
The pubs (and theatres) are opening: The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Engl
In what is now becoming the typical 11th hour and 59th minute publication, the regulations to remove the closure restrictions on pubs,...
Open justice, agenda papers, and the Licensing Act 2003
This article first appeared in the Journal of Licensing for March 2020. What details should licensing authorities post on their websites...
