Licensing solicitors
"They're always very
willing to listen and to discuss matters in order to ensure that,
whichever approach we take, it is in the best interests of the
business."
Client quote Legal
500
Lawyers for the licensing trade
Our wealth of experience in
the licensing sector gives us practical insight into the day-to-day
issues affecting you.
Please read about our:
Hugh James legal licensing services
We take pride
in delivering a friendly, efficient and cost-effective service to
all our clients.
We offer a full range of
licensing legal services to provide you with the advice and
assistance that you need to get your operation up and running -
legally and safely – enabling you to concentrate on developing a
successful business.
Furthermore as a licensed
premise you are regulated by not only the Licensing Authority but
also other authorities in relation to health & safety, weights
& measures, food safety, trading standards, disability
discrimination and door security.
The Hugh James specialist
team of licensing solicitors combines expertise in both
licensing and regulation to ensure that you have the right support
for your needs. We are recognised by the Legal 500 and
Chambers legal directories as the leading professional services
provider of licensing advice in South Wales, while Mark Perry
is ranked as one of the principality's leading individuals.
We deal with all aspects
of liquor licensing & gambling including:
- premises licence applications
- internet and actual betting and gaming license
applications
- variation applications
- designated premises supervisor variations
- personal licence applications
- objections & temporary events notices
- initial applications & transfers
- appeals and breach proceedings
- gaming machine licences
- pools and lotteries applications
- street trading & pavement licences
- defending closure orders
Hugh James licensing legal experience
The Licensing Team
frequently acts in applications for betting and gaming licences
under the new regime which governs them, the Gambling Act 2005.
The team has developed a
“licensing health check” toolkit which focuses on the auditing of
the due diligence systems of premises licenses for compliance.
It is a value for money solution for all licensees. Find out more about our licensing health check
toolkit.
Our licensing clients
range from individual bars; pub chains; restaurant chains;
stadiums; betting offices; theatres; cinemas; hotels and an
impressive range of large scale event licensing.
With a background in
regulatory crime, Martin Jones takes particular interest in
licensing breach cases and revocations and appeals.
Martin is head of the
Hugh James Regulatory Team which offers a range of services
designed to support the Licensing Team including:
- disability
discrimination
- environmental
protection
- fire safety
- food safety
- health and
safety
- noise
abatement
- trading
standards
- weights and
measures
- ‘right to work’
offences
Mark Perry calls upon
more than 20 years of experience in liquor licensing and assists
large and small businesses throughout the process. He has also
undertaken a significant number of complex Gambling Act 2005
applications for a number of betting offices and amusement arcades
in the South Wales area. He numbers amongst his clients the
Millennium Stadium and other notable Welsh businesses. Martin Jones
has acted in licensing breach cases for more than ten years and
counts a national supermarket chain amongst his clients. He appears
with increasing frequency for licensee and interested persons in
licensing appeals.