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M&B wins licence conditions case

Phil Crier, partner and head of the licensing team at law firm Blake Lapthorn, who represented M&B, said: "This was a common sense judgment, which reinforces the fact that conditions on licences should only be imposed where they are justified both on grounds of necessity and proportionality and have relevance to the licensing objectives."

"In respect of the imposition of conditions on the premises licence for the Goat in Clapham, we did not believe these were justified and are satisfied that our appeal has been upheld."

The PMA's legal editor Peter Coulson argued this was a ground-breaking case and said: "The police were trying to impose general crime prevention conditions that are not relevant to the holding of the licence."