Guide on Firearms Licensing Law, 2012 to 2013 – Home Office
“Guide on Firearms Licensing Law, 2012 to 2013, new chapters added.”
Home Office, 15th August 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Category: licensing
Private investigators will require licence, says Theresa May – The Guardian
“The government on Wednesday announced that private investigators will need a licence to operate and training about the law, as it imposed new rules on the unregulated industry of gaining information.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Refusal of shadow licence for nightclub “unlawful”, says High Court judge – Local Government Lawyer
“A decision by a council’s licensing services manager to reject an application from a landlord for a ‘shadow’ licence was unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled.”
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd July 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court strikes off solicitors for ‘integrity of profession’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“A High Court judge has struck off three solicitors after ruling that a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal had been too lenient in punishing the trio.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Gambling watchdog disputes analysis by district judge over primary activity – Local Government Lawyer
“The Gambling Commission has publicly rejected a district judge’s suggestion in the recent Paddy Power case that primary gambling activity is an area solely for the watchdog, not licensing authorities.”
Local Governemtn Lawyer, 17th July 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Fishing producers lose quota reallocation battle – BBC News
“The High Court has ruled in favour of reallocating some fishing rights from big producers to small-scale fishermen.”
BBC News, 10th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cost of practising as a solicitor to rise sharply – Legal Futures
“The cost of practising as a solicitor is set to rise at a rate of more than four times inflation, if the Law Society’s council approves figures that will be put before it later this week.”
Legal Futures, 8th July 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
E-cigarettes: Is a smoking alternative being choked by regulation? – BBC News
“Dozens of countries are introducing legislation restricting the use of electronic cigarettes, but their proponents say they are harmless and their use could in fact save millions of lives. Could they be right?”
BBC News, 6th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Grey v Swansea City and County Council – WLR Daily
Grey v Swansea City and County Council [2013] WLR (D) 260
“A public service vehicle could be ‘used on a road for carrying passengers for hire or reward’, within the terms of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, even if it were not actually in motion on the road, and so failure to display the operator’s disc, which section 18 of the Act required to be fixed to and exhibited on the vehicle, on such a stationary vehicle could constitute a breach of statutory duty.”
WLR Daily, 27th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
E-cigarettes to be classed as ‘medicines’ in bid to tighten regulation – The Guardian
“Electronic cigarettes are to be classed as ‘medicines’ under new proposals to tighten up the regulation of nicotine-containing products.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Newham council’s decision to block betting shop goes before judge – The Guardian
“The proliferation of betting shops in poorer areas has led to increasing crime and underage gambling, fuelled by high-speed, high stakes gambling machines, a court will hear on Monday.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Hemming (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd and others) v Westminster City Council – WLR Daily
“Since the coming into force of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 a local authority was not permitted, when determining the reasonable licence fee for sex establishments, to reflect in the fee which it determined the cost of enforcing the licensing system against unlicensed operators.”
WLR Daily, 24th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Bye bye England: what will happen to Community Trade Marks and Community Registered Designs if the UK or another Member State says “Good-bye”? – Technology Law Update
“With the recent debates about an in-out EU referendum rumbling on, the relationship between the UK and the EU is under continuing scrutiny. The political and economic issues of a withdrawal may take newspaper headlines, but the impact on Community trade marks and registered designs should not be forgotten either.”
Technology Law Update, 24th May 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Proposal to legalise outdoor weddings: Legislation ending need for licensed venue or religious ceremony is discussed by ministers – The Independent
“Outdoor weddings could become an option for thousands of couples, after the Government agreed to consider allowing groups, including humanists, to conduct legally-binding ceremonies in England and Wales.”
The Independent, 14th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Copyright owners to help set meaning of ‘diligent search’ in orphan works reforms, says IPO – OUT-LAW.com
“Photographers and other rights holders will help define what constitutes a ‘diligent search’ for the author of copyrighted material as part of reforms to rules on ‘orphan works’ licensing, Out-Law.com has learned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Does browsing the web make you a copyright infringer? – Technology Law Update
“The UK Supreme Court recently considered an interesting appeal in Public Relations Consultants Association Limited v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Limited and others, concerning the status in copyright law of temporary copies of web pages held in an internet browser cache or on the screen of end users reading those pages.”
Technology Law Update, 26th April 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Public Relations Consultants Association Limited (Appellant) v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Limited and others (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 17th April 2013
Supreme court rules web browsing does not infringe newspapers’ copyright – The Guardian
“The UK supreme court has ruled that readers who open articles via a website link are not breaking the law, overturning the high court’s ruling that browsing was a breach of newspaper owners’ copyright.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
