Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005: An Introduction

In conjunction with the Murray Stable

CPD 3 hours

DATE Monday 4th August 2008

TIME 10.00am to 1.00pm (Registration and Coffee 9.30am)

VENUE The Board Room, Legal Services Agency Ltd., 3rd Floor, Fleming House, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow

COST £90.00 full price/£80.00 LSA members/£60.00 Concessionary cost places

OBJECTIVES Topics covered will be:

    • Background to the Act
    • The licensing objectives
    • Premises licences
    • Personal licences
    • Licence conditions
    • Transition to the new Act
    • Test purchasing
    • Appeals and judicial review

PARTICIPANTS This seminar is aimed at all those concerned with licensing law and should be of interest to solicitors in private and local authority practice, Clerks to Licensing Boards, members of Licensing Boards, Community Councils, the police, and members of the licensed trade.

SPEAKER The speaker is Scott Blair, Advocate.  Scott is listed in the UK Legal 500 as a leading junior counsel in public law.  Licensing law is a major part of his work.  He has recently been invited to join the Licensing Law Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Scotland.  He advises and appears for applicants, licence holders, objectors and Licensing Boards.  He has acted in numerous appeals and judicial reviews arising from licensing decisions.  He acted in the recent successful challenge to the policy of the City of Glasgow Licensing Board to seriously restrict the use of glass in licensed premises and in the successful challenge to price controls imposed by City of Aberdeen Licensing Board.  He is widely published in the public law field and is a regular contributor to Scottish Licensing Law and Practice. 

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