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FRANCIS TAYLOR BUILDING, INNER TEMPLE
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Jeremy Phillips KC KC
Work Department
- Licensing
- Gambling
- Regulatory and Environmental
- Disciplinary
- Mediation
Position
Jeremy Phillips KC offers the highest levels of expertise and advocacy as a barrister following, uniquely, an equally successful career as a solicitor, both in his own practice and subsequently leading teams in leading international law firms.
Licensing & Disciplinary – from local authority to Court of Appeal, advising upon and determining novel issues arising in numerous important licensing applications relating to gambling, taxi, alcohol & entertainment legislation in the UK and overseas. Editor in Chief of Paterson’s Licensing Acts and a General Editor of Smith & Monkcom – The Law of Gambling he has been recognised for the past three decades as a leader in these fields.
Regulatory & Environmental – representing the Environment Agency, HSE, Marine Management Organisation and local authorities in inquests and prosecutions concerning a range of waste, food, health & safety and breach of licensing offences, as well as companies in relation to due diligence and criminal confiscation issues. Also statutory nuisance abatement appeals and prosecutions. The Law of Regulatory Enforcement Sanctions – A Practical Guide – OUP (2011) and LexisPSL: Corporate Crime, Environmental Statutory Nusiance and wildlife Crime (2017)
Advisory & Judicial Review – numerous High Court challenges on a wide range of public law issues ranging from: local authorities’ Standards of Conduct to Assets of Community Value (ACV); from the repayment of s.106 monies, to the sufficiency of Reasons. Contributions also to the work of the Law Commission, Department of Culture Media and Sport, Cabinet Office and former Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, as well as the Bar Council, its Ethics committee and the Licensed Trade Charity (trustee/school govenor).
Public Inquiries – various major footpath, TVG and planning Inquiries as well as objection to the £4.1bn Thames Tideway Tunnel infrastructure project, promoting rail crossing extinguishment orders (Network Rail) and representation of the Ramblers’ Association in relation to the Bristol Bus Rapid Transit Scheme. Also, supporting the successful Weymouth Relief Road and South Devon Link Road and others.
Complex Mediations – including the multi-party multi-issue mediation which he devised arising from the Business & Enterprise Select Committee (BESC): Relationship Between Pub Companies and Lessees – Seventh Report of Session 2008-09. Resolution (both as mediator and mediation advocate) of major environmental litigation involving local authorities and national and international operators as well as smaller property disputes. Head of FTB’s Mediation Group.
Career
Qualified as a solicitor in London 1980; joint founder of Holt Phillips 1984; equity partner Eversheds following merger 1994; Osborne Clarke 2001. Leader of national teams in both firms. Called to the Bar 2004. Accredited mediator (CEDR 2007). QC 2018.
Publications of note: Editor in-chief, ‘Paterson’s Licensing Acts’ (1997 to date); consultant editor – various, ‘Halsbury’s Laws of England’; contributor, ‘Gambling for Local Authorities’; co-author, ‘The Law of Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions’ and numerous other publications.
Memberships
- ALBA
- PEBA
- HSLA
- UKELA
- ARDL
- Trustee, Licensed Trade Charity (2015)
- Elected Bar Council (2015) and Ethics Committee (2016)
- King’s Counsel (2018)
- Disciplinary Panel – Lawn Tennis Association (2019)
- International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) (2020)
- Sports Resolutions’ Mediation & Development Arbitration Panels (2021)
- FA Safeguarding Review Panel (to October 2025)
- Police Misconduct Hearings for South Wales
Leisure
Medieval and local history. Long-distance overland travel. Motorbike racing. Wildlife and gardening. Squash. Family.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Licensing
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Jeremy Phillips KC –Francis Taylor Building ‘Jeremy is first-class. His knowledge of premises licensing is immense.’
Francis Taylor Building is ‘one of the premier sets in the context of alcohol licensing and has excellent strength in terms of some of the leading juniors around.’ The set houses barristers who represent nightclubs, bars, restaurants, casinos, betting shops, and major festivals, among others. Gerald Gouriet KC chiefly acted in gambling licensing matters in 2024, but represented Veezu Holdings Limited as an intervener in Uber Britannia v Sefton MBC, a case concerning if private hire platforms who accept bookings are required to themselves enter into a contractual obligation with the passenger to provide the journey. Also of note is David Matthias KC, who is adept at representing local authorities with licensing policies, and has a great deal of experience in this area. Another key name to note is Jeremy Phillips KC, whose ‘knowledge of premises licensing is immense‘. The set’s deep bench of juniors includes Leo Charalambides whose ‘knowledge of areas around licensing, such as the public sector equality duty’ stands out, whilst also specialising in licensing. Charalambides recently led a challenge in the High Court by a south London nightclub to the lawfulness of holding a remote licensing hearing, during which its premises license was revoked.