Licensing, Hospitality and Leisure

Home Services Regulatory Licensing, Hospitality and Leisure

"Praise rolls in from all fronts for this team, with sources quick to commend it for "listening and responding, turning cases around quickly" and "providing excellent value for money."

Chambers and Partners

The hospitality and leisure sector is subject to a raft of onerous licensing and regulatory laws. At Kingsley Napley, we have a cross-practice team of experts who can support you to navigate this complex area. We offer practical and commercially viable solutions to your legal problems. We pride ourselves on our collaborative culture which places our relationships with our clients at the heart of everything we do.

Our expert licensing lawyers provide advice on:

Licensing restaurants, bars, private members clubs, hotels and wedding venues
Licensing enforcement – reviews, prosecutions and revocations
Health and safety obligations and offences
Fire safety obligations and offences
Noise abatement notices
Trading standards and weights and measures offences
Police Station representation and advice
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
Directors’ liabilities and duties
Corporate criminal liability
Data protection
Unlawful discrimination claims
Private prosecutions against dishonest employees or those who subject employees to verbal or physical assault as well as cases of physical damage
Prevention of illegal working
Representation at inquests

Kingsley Napley has a unique breadth and depth of experience on offer to operators in this sector. Led by Melinka Berridge, formerly Head of Licensing at one of the UK’s leading pub companies, we are able to provide support to companies and individuals across the range of regulatory challenges they may face.