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Lisa Sharkey - Partner
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With many years experience in all sectors, from late-night licensing and table dancing to the pub and club sectors, there isn’t much in the way of Entertainment and Liquor Licensing that Lisa hasn’t experienced. The 2008 Chambers Guide says that she is "impressive and knows her stuff" on liquor and late night licensing and is further praised for handling large accounts for the team.
She is a respected advocate within the firm and speaks regularly at legal training sessions, client forums and trade conferences in the pub and hotel sectors.
One of Lisa’s main clients is Mitchells and Butlers and during reform Lisa made considerable cost savings for the pub company through avoiding costly hearings and appeals. This was due, in part, to an excellent relationship that Lisa and the firm foster with local authorities, who know and trust the firm’s reputation.
In 2006, prior to the World Cup, Lisa applied for over 190 variations to show the televised football matches outside in pub gardens with 100% success. And in August 2006, when M&B purchase 236 Whitbread sites, Lisa and her team transferred all of the licensees within one working day. They are now involved in the re-branding process for all of the sites.
Latterly, Lisa has successfully defended a Blackpool pub subject to one of the first reviews as a result of the smoking ban.
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My recent activity
- Evidence is the Name of the Game
- A decision in favour of Daniel Thwaites Plc in the High Court on the 6th May 2008 has emphasised the principles laid down by the 2003 Licensing Act