Your challenges
With the recent introduction of three new major pieces of legislation, The Licensing Act, The Gambling Act and The Private Security Industry Act, the fundamental concepts and procedure of licensing has changed significantly. We can help you keep track of these changes and provide specialist advice and a full service to meet your licensing needs.
Achieving your ambitions
Our licensing team acts for a wide range of clients with the hotel, leisure and entertainment industry figuring strongly, as does the retail sector, educational institutions and private establishments. Our expertise also assists clients involved in commercial transactions and we have provided advice in many commercial property transactions involving licensed premises.
We can advise you on and make applications for all types of licenses including new alcohol and gaming premises licences, operating licenses, club premises certificates, variations or transfers of them and personal licenses. Our team regularly appears before licensing sub committees on licensing hearings and, where necessary, we can advise you on and act in relation to licensing appeals and reviews.
The strength you need
The team has a wealth of knowledge and experience and will be able to help you in this increasingly complex and evolving area of law.
Lawyers you can trust
The team is led by Harriet Wells who has been listed for some years in the two major legal directories as a leading individual in the field of licensing.
In Chambers UK she is referred to as a highly regarded licensing solicitor who is “positive, responsive and sympathetic toward her clients’ needs”. Chambers also reports that the team wins plaudits for “preparing well in advance and anticipating problems before they arise” and for dealing with all manner of licensing concerns on an “impressively smooth basis”.
Legal 500 states that Harriet gives clients “very prompt, good quality information in a friendly manner”