Stack appeal dismissed
In a comprehensive reserved judgment running to some 68,500 words over 118 pages (excluding appendices), District Kate Judge Meek sitting...
The wide but often overlooked duties of council decision-making
Here is an article of mine which appears in the July 2018 edition of the Journal of Licensing.
A wider approach to licensing?
The slides for the seminar I'll be hosting today in Gateshead can be downloaded from this link.
Interim suspensions: still lawful despite Singh v. Cardiff and now Reigate & Banstead BC v Pawlowski
Here is the scenario: a local authority licences a hackney carriage or private hire driver. The authority becomes aware of that a serious...
The burden of Kaivanpor
In Kaivanpor v. DPP [2015] EWHC 4127, the Divisional Court sought to resolve what was seen as a tension between the decision of the Court...
R (Cummings) v. Cardiff [2014] EWHC 2544
As I'm going to be talking today about this case and its deployment in fee challenges, I've uploaded the judgment here and the order here.
Leeds policy on interim suspensions
For ease of reference, I have uploaded a copy of Leeds City Council's policy on interim suspensions (referred to in my recent post on...
Uber London Limited v Transport for London [2017] EWHC 435 (Admin)
As Mitting J.'s judgment has yet to appear on Bailii I have uploaded a copy here. Both parties are appealing to the Court of Appeal - the...
What is plying for hire?
Plying for hire - what is this arcane, elusive concept? Should it be defined? Should it be left alone? Just what does it mean? These are...
POCA SHOCKER - Confiscation orders for licensing offences and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”) does not appear to have pinged across the radars of many licensing practitioners. A search for...
