Hall & Woodhouse Ltd v Poole Borough Council – WLR Daily

Posted April 7th, 2009 in law reports, licensing, third parties by sally

Hall & Woodhouse Ltd v Poole Borough Council; [2009] WLR (D) 131

“The acts of third parties were not as a matter of law to be imputed to a premises licence holder for the purposes of s 136(1)(a) of the Licensing Act 2003; it was necessary for the court to look at the actual conduct of the person charged with the offence and find whether as a matter of fact he had carried on or attempted to carry on an licensable activity, as defined in s 1 of and Schs 1 and 2 to the Act, otherwise than in accordance with an authorisation.”

WLR Daily, 6th April 2009

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