There appears little for anyone to argue about. As I, Dave, Mr Smith, the licensee or the local licensing authority all agree that this event is NOT Regulated Entertainment and does not require entertainment permission. A result?

Or at least the local licensing authority seem to think this for this year. I suspect that they will have changed their minds next year and insist that it is then Regulated Entertainment and expect Humphrey to pay for a variation for entertainment permission............

The information that I have received from Dave is that one of the (two) conditions now imposed by the licensing authority on an event that they do not appear to consider as Regulated Entertainment (and which as a result they cannot then impose any licensing conditions) - is they insist there is no advertising of the event.

Now while I may respect the licensees wishes for no publicity which I have also received third-hand - I am not sure that I or anyone else should be expected to respect this kind of (possibly unlawful) imposition.

What do you do Dave when a similar decision - that you may not think this time is such an excellent one - is made by your licensing authority on equally questionably legal grounds? It would be nice to be able cherry-pick the law like this - but probably not very fair or effective.