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Martyn’s Law gets Royal Assent to become law

Published: by Carl Weston, Head of Marketing and Partner (non-solicitor)

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The Terrorism (Protection of Premises Act), commonly known as Martyn’s Law, is named after Martyn Hett, one of the 22 victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing

Today, April 3rd 2025, Martyn’s Law, officially called the Terrorism (Protection of Premises Bill) received Royal Assent from the King, making it law in the UK.

The Act, which arose from the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in 2017, is aimed at preventing and reducing the harm of terror attacks at venues. As such, this is of particular interest to the hospitality sector.

Here, Poppleston Allen Licensing Solicitors Andy Grimsey and Joe Harvey, explain how this legislation impacts the sector and answer questions that many operators might have.

Martyn’s Law – what this means for hospitality operators

For further information about this or anything else, contact Carl Weston, Head of Marketing and Partner (non-solicitor).

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About the author: Carl Weston

Carl Weston joined Poppleston Allen solicitors in January 2015 as head of Marketing and Business Development. Carl was promoted to Partner (non-solicitor) in June 2022.

He has over 25 years’ experience in marketing within business-to-business and professional services. He is a committee member of the Business Marketing Club (East Midlands) and in 2021, was made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Carl sits on Poppleston Allen’s management team and is responsible for communications, legal directory submissions, business development and client listening programmes.

And he takes the lead in managing relationships with several high-profile sponsorships including The Morning Advertiser and the R200.

During his marketing career, Carl and his teams have been recognised with several awards, including the ‘Thomson Reuters International Business Development Award’ for best use of data and technology. Plus, he was named as a future legal management leader by The Lawyer Magazine.

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