With a particularly strong reputation in the food, leisure and hospitality sectors, the team at Harper Macleod LLP covers the entire gamut of licensing areas including applications, hearings and appeals, as well as the buying, selling and leasing of licensed premises. Practice head Andrew Hunter is adept across a broad range of licensing matters spanning liquor, betting, and civic government, regularly appearing before licensing boards on behalf of clients.

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Key clients

  • Lidl Great Britain Limited
  • Motor Fuel Limited
  • BP Oil UK Limited
  • Greene King Brewing & Retailing Limited
  • William Hill Organization Limited
  • The Climbing Academy Group Limited
  • Shell UK Oil Products Limited
  • Le Monsieur Limited
  • Culture & Sport Glasgow t/a Glasgow Life
  • Hotel Chocolat Retail Limited

Work highlights

  • Assisted Motor Fuel Limited with two successful appeals against the decisions of North Lanarkshire Licensing Board to refuse two new premises licences on the basis of over-provision.
  • Assisted Greene King on a licensing application at a single site.
  • Supported the Climbing Academy relating to a climbing and skateboarding premises in Chippenham.

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Harper Macleod LLP
Partner Andrew is the lead partner of the Licensing team and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Liquor Licensing Law. He is the principal contact for the firm's liquor licensing clients, which include Belhaven Brewery Company Limited, Lidl UK GmbH and BP Oil UK Limited. His role involves providing legal advice to clients on liquor licensing, betting and gaming licensing, and civic government licensing matters. He attends the licensing boards on behalf of clients throughout Scotland. Andrew is also a Partner in the Insolvency team, who previously won the prestigious "Insolvency Team of the Year" award at the Law Awards of Scotland and “Regional Insolvency Team of Year” at the Insolvency and Rescue Awards. His role involves providing advice to clients on debt recovery and insolvency matters, both at personal and corporate level. This includes initial insolvency work such as sequestration petitions, petitions for liquidation and appointment of administrators as well as acting for trustees, liquidators and administrators in post insolvency recovery work. Andrew has been a part time tutor in Civil Procedure at the University of Glasgow Diploma in Legal Practice since 2010.

Practice head

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Andrew Hunter