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...
Pavement Licences - the new regime
The Government is rushing through Parliament a new streamlined process for to apply for a “Pavement Licence”. This temporary...
R (Susan Fisher) v Durham County Council - the interface between statutory nuisance and disability d
In his judgment in R (on the application of Susan Fisher) v. Durham County Council [2020] EWHC 1277 (Admin) handed down in the Leeds...
Coffee & Counsel
In the last few weeks this blog has been as guilty as others in unleashing a torrent of comment to respond to the torrent of regulations,...
Business Closure and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force at 13.00 today. This the law behind the...
The Health Protection (Coronavirus: Closure of Leisure Businesses, Footpaths and Access to Land) (Wa
The Health Protection (Coronavirus: Closure of Leisure Businesses, Footpaths and Access Land) (Wales) Regulations 2020 come into force at...
Can or Should You Go to Work?
GUEST POST BY RICHARD STUBBS OF TRINITY CHAMBERS The vast majority of the adult population will have watched our Prime Minister Boris...
Suspension not Protection: Business Tenancies & Non-Payment of Rent during Coronavirus
‘The rent here may be low, but I believe we have it on very hard terms’, so said Marianne. We are in lockdown. Italy has Italian tenors...
