Licensing Law Cases & Laws in the UK
Below are recent UK licensing law cases from our CaseCheck archive, including information on general licensing law, Scottish licensing laws, liquor licensing laws and legal decisions relating to taxi licences. To view the full archive of case law, visit our Court Cases page. To search the full database please register with CaseCheck for free today.
Bapu Properties Limited v City of Glasgow Licensing Board, B2740/11, 22 February 2012  -  Sheriff court case considering the decision of the City of Glasgow Licensing Board to refuse an application to vary a premises licence for an Indian Restaurant known as The Dhabba at Candleriggs in Glasgow.  The owners sought the varying order so as to include within the premises licence external... more...
Martin Smith v Secretary of State for Transport & Richard McFarlane, Deputy Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area, Sheriff Principal B A Lockhart, Dumfries Sheriff Court, 29 June 2011  -  This was an appeal against a Sheriff’s decision in a summary application regarding LGV driver licensing. The original application was lodged by Martin Smith, appealing against the Deputy Traffic Commissioner’s previous decision to revoke his LGV driver's licence and disqualify him from holding or obtaining... more...
Fife Area Regulation and Licensing Committee v. Robert James Ewing [2011] CSIH 45  -  In this appeal, the Sheriff at Kirkcaldy had allowed an appeal by the respondent, against the appellant’s refusal to renew his taxi driver’s licence.  Renewal of the licence had been refused following the respondent’s three convictions for driving offences, with the committee deeming him no longer a... more...
Brightcrew Limited v The City of Glasgow Licensing Board, [2011] CSIH 46  -  Appeal case concerning Brightcrew’s application for a premises licence in respect of an adult entertainment venue known as “Spearmint Rhino” on Drury Street in Glasgow. The City of Glasgow Licensing Board (the Board) refused Brightcrew’s application on the basis that the Board considered the granting... more...
Duncan Wilson v. Glasgow City Council, Sheriff Miller, Glasgow Sheriff Court, 22nd June 2011  -  Parties and Background This was an appeal against a decision of Glasgow City Council’s Licensing Committee. The appellant had been granted a private hire taxi driver licence on 29th January 2009. On 12th January 2011 the Licensing Committee refused to renew his taxi licence on the grounds that... more...
Steven Ritchie v. Aberdeen City Council [2011] CSIH 22  -  In this action, the appellant appealed against the interlocutor of the Sheriff, whereby his appeal against a decision of the respondents to refuse to renew his taxi driver’s licence was refused. The court heard that the appellant had been convicted of offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and in... more...
David Christie Thomson and Eileen Diana Ross MacAdie or Thomson v Aberdeen City Council, Sheriff Malcolm Garden, Aberdeen Sheriff Court, 23 March 2011  -  This was an appeal under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 against a local authority’s refusal to grant a house in multiple occupation licence in terms of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 2000, on the grounds that the applicant was not... more...
John David Webster v. Orkney Islands Council, Sheriff Mungo Bovey QC, Kirkwall Sheriff Court, 1st May 2011  -  Parties and Background: The defender was Orkney Islands Council, who’s Licensing Sub-Committee was responsible for the issue of taxi licenses in the local authority area. The pursuer was appealing against the defender’s decision not to renew two previously held licences and to deny new licences for... more...
Francis Anderson v The Security Industry Authority, Sheriff Mhairi MacTaggart, Dumbarton Sheriff Court, 8th March 2011  -  The defender was the Secure Industry Authority (SIA), a statutory body responsible for the licensing of those operating in the security industry. The pursuer was one of five security industry workers, all  associated with Ruchill Security Ltd., who previously held licences issued by the defender. All... more...
Kenneth Watson Galloway, Honorary Secretary of the Stornoway Golf Club v. Western Isles Licensing Board, Temporary Sheriff Principal Charles Norman Stoddart, Stornoway Sheriff Court, 18 January 2011  -  In this appeal, the appellants disputed a decision taken by the Western Isles Licensing Board to refuse an application by the Secretary of the Stornoway Golf Club for a variation of a premises licence which they had issued to the club on 1 September 2009. The variation sought to increase services to... more...
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