“The number of lap dancing clubs across Britain has doubled to more than 300 in four years because of a loophole in legislation, according to a report published today. The marketing of lap dancing as a leisure industry rather than as a branch of the commercial sex industry has helped its rapid expansion since the first mainstream club opened in 1995.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Only one person has been found guilty of selling alcohol to a drunk person since the 2003 Licensing Act was introduced, a minister has admitted.”
The Times, 25th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers are to give the police and local authorities powers to create ‘alcohol-free zones’ through the wholesale withdrawal of licences from pubs and clubs in city-centre problem areas.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown will keep open the option of reversing the controversial move to allow pubs and clubs to open 24 hours a day.”
The Independent, 4th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An attempt to create a Continental-style cafe culture by letting pubs and clubs open for longer will be branded a failure in a major Government review, with people drinking more and committing crimes late into the night.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two leading silks have initiated proceedings against the Law Society for the right to include the new Solicitors’ Code of Conduct in a handbook they co-authored.”
The Lawyer, 11th February 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Gordon Brown may be forced to keep controversial 24-hour drinking laws after it emerged that his own review of the measures had found little evidence that they had fuelled Britain’s alcohol culture.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“About 500 pubs and clubs in England and Wales have been granted 24-hour licences in the two years since laws were changed, government figures show.”
BBC News, 8th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Top corporate sleuths working in Britain are at loggerheads with the Government over its plans to introduce a cumbersome licensing scheme that they believe will hamper inquiries, raise costs and potentially endanger investigators.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown has said he could overturn the recent law allowing pubs in England and Wales to open 24 hours a day.”
BBC News, 24th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Death not ‘adverse effect’
Regina (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Queen’s Bench Division
“The death of an animal used in a regulated procedure for scientific experimentation was not an adverse effect which needed to be taken into account when deciding whether to grant a licence for such experiments. Rather, the statutory scheme governing such licences was concerned with the pain and suffering which animals might experience before death.”
The Times, 27th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The introduction of 24-hour drinking laws may have trebled alcohol-related admissions to A&E departments in inner city areas at night, researchers say.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Red tape introduced in the 2003 Licensing Act is stifling small-scale gigs and performances, a report commissioned by ministers has found.”
The Times, 4th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Belfast City Council v. Miss Behavin’ Ltd. [2007] UKHL 19
“A licensing authority, in refusing an application for a sex establishment licence, had been entitled to take objections and representations made after the expiry of the prescribed 28-day period into account. Where it had acted fairly and properly exercised its powers its decision was not vitiated by failure to refer specifically to the applicant’s Convention rights.”
WLR Daily, 25th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Sex shop objections can be considered out of time
Belfast City Council v. Miss Behavin’ Ltd.
House of Lords
“In refusing an application for a sex shop licence, a local authority was entitled to take into account objections to the application received after the expiry of the prescribed period.”
The Times, 1st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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