Licensing, Hospitality and Leisure

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.

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