Below is a selection of news items, case notes, articles, books and papers authored by members of Chambers.
Below is a selection of news items, case notes, articles, books and papers authored by members of Chambers.
In this article, Gary Grant summarises the main provisions in the new Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 2024 (“ Martyn’s Law”) and explores what premises and events will be in scope, details of the two-tiered protect duty that will impact 180,000 premises, including many in the hospitality sector and buildings owned by local authorities, and the enforcement provisions, as well as consideration of the reforms to licence plans and interaction with licensing laws.
Armin Solimani provides a deep dive analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision and its likely effects.
This article was originally published in the Journal of Water Law Volume 28, October 2024.
Almost a year ago to the day, on 28 July 2023 the High Court sent the provincial private hire industry into a tailspin, by declaring:
In order to operate lawfully under Part II Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, a licensed operator who accepts a booking from a passenger is required to enter as principal into a contractual obligation with the passenger to provide the journey which is the subject of the booking.
The general importance of the duty to give reasons at common law is well known to disciplinary practitioners. The recent debate generated by the comments made by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, in the context of police misconduct further highlights the importance of all disciplinary panels arriving at decisions which are robust and sustainable against legal challenge.
The general importance of the duty to give reasons at common law is well known to practitioners. As Lord Brown, for example, in South Buckinghamshire District Council v Porter (No 2) [2004] 1 WLR 1953 explained, the reasons for a decision must, inter alia, “be intelligible and they must be adequate.
Twenty years ago today, on 26 June 2003, each of the five Law Lords in Aston Cantlow v Wallbank [2004] 1 AC 546 gave separate, detailed opinions on a matter at the cusp of public law and private law.
The Racing Post headline this afternoon neatly reminds us of how long we have had to wait for the government’s White Paper on gambling reform. It was published today with the resounding title – “High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital Age”. Whether it delivers all that it promises, or promised when it was announced in 2020, remains to be seen.
It is sometimes said that if a taxi (hackney carriage) driver outside London applies to renew his driver’s licence, but the licensing authority fails to determine his application before the licence expires, he must stop working as a taxi driver until the authority makes a decision. A recent taxi-licensing appeal in Nottingham Crown Court suggests that the issue may not always be so clear-cut.
Uber has won its appeal against Transport for London’s refusal to renew its London PHV operator’s licence. The Deputy Senior District Judge, sitting at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, decided that Uber London Limited is a fit and proper person to hold such a licence.
