DMcG

As we all agree it's "Early Days" and the law in general is not applied Black/White - not everyone get fined for illegal parking, speeding or receive the same sentence for a particular crime - often a magistrate will make the final judgement and give a precedence.

I can't park outside my front door because someone in the highway dept decided DYL were needed there but my friends further down the street have none.

Although I agree in part that we will drift back to the "Old Days" of the two in a bar, I am glad in part that in fact the number of venues that have acquired a license, and as I have said before whether we want to class sessions as entertainment or not, that is the main reason behind the Landlord allowing them to happen.

As the LA will be the ones bringing prosecutions for contravention of the licence, surely the best way to find out is to approach them first to clarify? Whether we agree with their interpretation is another matter, and what action we take to resolve the situation to ensure the events take place surely is the important bit.

This may mean paying for a TEN or finding another location, convincing the LA to review their policy or getting the landlord to get a licence, but the outcome should be to ensure the events take place.

Having started another bottle of mulled wine and eaten even more mince pies I reserve the right that I may not have phrased everything to express what I believe (Pleading the 5th?)

Take care

PB