Premises Licensing

For our clients, this means that our lawyers deliver not only a high level of technical expertise but also empathise with the increasingly complex demands of retailing within this sector.

We act for a range of clients including public houses, restaurants, hotels, convenience stores, supermarkets, nightclubs and a host of peripheral retailers such as health clubs and garden centres and are on hand to provide practical advice.

The team’s expertise covers the following areas:

• premises licences and club premises certificates – applications for new grant, variations, transfers, interim authorities, closure orders, representation at review hearings and appeals
• personal licences
• betting and gambling
• regulatory crime, including health and safety, food safety and underage sales
• planning applications, appeals and enforcement notices.