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Nick Walton - Solicitor
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Nick joined Poppleston Allen in 2004 as a paralegal, qualifying as a solicitor in April 2008. He specialises in applications for Private Members’ Clubs, Cinemas, Race Courses and larger complex open areas and continues to have a keen interest in these areas of licensing.
Following a secondment with Richard Hutchinson & Co, specialising in Employment Law, Nick now works with several major clients of Poppleston Allen. He is also responsible for the licensing of a new type of ‘deluxe’ cinema for a Client who is planning to open premises in several major cities across England.
As the new Scottish Licensing Act applications start to be processed by the Licensing Boards he is also involved in instructing Scottish Solicitors to make applications for new Premises Licences on behalf of some of his clients.
In undertaking his work, Nick probably holds an in-house record for attending a licensing committee hearing that lasted for over 8 hours (he was successful!) He has a keen interest in advocacy and will continue to represent Poppleston Allen Clients in both Licensing Committee hearings and also the Magistrates Court.
Nick also researches specific areas of law which have arisen as a result of the bolt on legislation which has become integral to the Licensing Act.
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My recent activity
- Service disruption in Wales due to two day strike 16 & 17 July 2008
- There is likely to be widespread disruption today and tomorrow (16 & 17 July) due to Councils joining strike action
- Service disruption in Wales due to two day strike 16 & 17 July 2008 -UPDATE
- For clarity, when I mentioned “working days” in my last eNews I was simply stating they are not working
- Clean up your Act
- The 1st July 2007 will be a date remembered by everyone as the commencement of legislation which made it an offence to allow smoking in public buildings including licensed premises
- Demand Test Confirmed
- Judicial Review of the decision of the Magistrates Court to refuse to grant a Casino Licence to the Appellant TC Projects
- Police Powers of Review of the Premise Licence
- The Licensing Act 2003 has given the legislators a platform for additional measures which may be applied as the Act “beds in”.