England - North • Crime, fraud and licensing

Ward Hadaway LLP

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Ward Hadaway LLP’s licensing and regulatory team, led by Richard Arnot, advises clients across the retail and leisure sectors, including national supermarket chains, hotel groups, restaurants, pubs and sporting venues on a plethora of aspects of the Licensing Act 2003. The experienced Arnot provides such clients with enforcement, review, temporary event notices, variations, and licensing strategies, namely personal and premise licenses. The firm routinely advises clients on new premise applications for hotel development on a regional and national scale.

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Key clients

  • Co-operative Food Group Ltd
  • Iceland Food Ltd
  • Thursdays Ltd – TGI Friday
  • City Hotels Ltd
  • Dominvs Group
  • Timec 1762 Ltd
  • Lane 7 Ltd
  • Tomahawk Steakhouses Ltd
  • Harbour Hotels Ltd
  • Inn Collection Group

Work highlights

  • Applied for a new Premises Licence for a national convenience store operator for a new store in a Cumulative Impact Zone.
  • Applied for new premise licence for a City Hotels Ltd in Whitechapel, London.
  • Acted on behalf of a Crowne Plaza branded hotel in their objection to the grant of a new licence for a box-park style premise adjacent to it.

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Richard Arnot