A Practical Guide to Licensing Law for Commercial Property Lawyers

<p>This book is intended to be assist commercial property practitioners who handle transactions involving licensed properties. It provides a concise overview but hopefully one which highlights issues of importance and when to seek further specialist advice. Areas covered include:</p><ul> <li>Licensable activities under the Licensing Act 2003 (England and Wales only)</li> <li>The Licensing objectives</li> <li>Types of premises requiring a licence</li> <li>Personal Licences and the Designated Premises Supervisor</li> <li>Application procedures</li> <li>Planning considerations</li> <li>Contracts conditional on licensing (and planning)</li> <li>Licensing due diligence for property transactions</li> <li>Problems to look out for e.g. onerous conditions the annual fee site history etc.</li> <li>Impact of Insolvency of the Premises Licence Holder.</li> <li>Steps on completion – transfer the Premises Licence and varying the Designated Premises Supervisor</li> <li>Variation of licences</li> <li>Reviews</li> <li>Enforcement</li></ul><p><br /><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHORS</strong></p><p>Ranked in both Legal 500 and UK Chambers Niall McCann undertakes all aspects of licensing and gaming and associated regulatory/planning law. He regularly appears as an advocate before courts and local authority sub-committees throughout England and Wales. He has lectured extensively on licensing matters and in particular specialises in advising on the impact of insolvency in respect of licensed premises.</p><p>Richard Williams is an experienced gaming licensing and regulatory Solicitor with over 20 years’ experience of dealing with licensed premises nationally (including Scotland). Richard is a higher Courts advocate and regularly appears before Committees and Courts nationally representing a full range of clients in the retail and leisure industries. He also specialises in food safety and health and safety law particularly where this relates to licensed premises.</p>