Examples of premises licensed by our licensing legal team include an entire street in Digbeth, Birmingham; a premier football club; the Royal Showground at Stoneleigh; and large hotels in Birmingham, Manchester and Brighton. They also deal with contested applications for reviews and handled the first emergency closure in the West Midlands in 2008.
As well as providing legal and commercial advice on all licensing matters, our licensing legal team makes substantive applications and appear on the following:
Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificate applications and variations
Temporary Event Notices
Personal Licence applications
Licensing appeals to the Magistrates’ Court
Appeals to the High Court by way of judicial review or case stated
Due diligence on property purchases and corporate transactions
Personal Premises and Operating Licences under the Gambling Act 2005 – in particular, acting for Bookmakers.
They make a point of having early discussions with the police and other statutory bodies which helps to smooth the way with difficult applications and often avoids expensive contested hearings.
Andrew Potts and Suzanne Oatley both hold Personal Licences which can prove very useful in order to save the licence from lapsing in cases where premises are closed and or insolvency is threatened.
Working closely with the Commercial Property department they provide due diligence on property transactions including hotels, public houses and other business premises.
As well as acting for licencees, they regularly act for the Police and Local Authorities in respect of licensing matters, subsequent appeals, and a wide range of regulatory matters alongside planning and environmental experts Pritpal Singh Swarn and David Elliott.
