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Wetherspoons succeed in Newcastle on Levy Variation

Published: by Jonathan Smith

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Wetherspoons successfully appeal in Newcastle on Levy Variation

Commenting, Jonathan Smith, Managing Partner at Poppleston Allen said: ‘JD Wetherspoon has successfully appealed Newcastle City Council’s refusal to vary the Premises Licences for 3 of its premises in the city, which variation had sought to introduce a condition removing authorisation to sell alcohol for the ‘Late Night Levy period’ whilst a Late Night Levy was in place.

The condition which was put on the licence after the appeal, was the condition originally requested by JD Wetherspoon on the variation, and allows the automatic resumption of the use of those hours should the Levy no longer be charged, without the need for a variation application to add the hours back onto the licence. JD Wetherspoon’s must give 56 days’ notice of its intention to resume the use of hours should it wish to do so.’

JD Wetherspoon was represented by Stephen Walsh QC on the appeal.

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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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