Recent licensing successes

Paul Holland, our licensing specialist, has had a number of notable successes lately.

Paul recently obtained a licence for the owners of The Town House, a cafe bar in Saxon Way, Hessle. The Town House is, locally, the first premises of its kind in a predominantly industrial area.

Paul has also obtained a new licence for La Cena restaurant in Brough for our client Darren Parker. This is a second outlet for Darren, as Paul acted for him several years ago when he opened Ciao Caffe on Chanterlands Avenue, Hull.

Perhaps Paul's biggest recent success was in connection with Shine, operating in Jameson Street, Hull. Shine previously had a 24 hour licence but due to inadvertence during a company re-organisation the licence lapsed and the owners contacted Paul and instructed him to apply for a new licence. Humberside Police took the opportunity to object to the grant of the new licence - despite that fact that the premises had previously traded until 5.00 a.m the Police now wanted all activities to end by midnight. Paul persuaded the Licensing Sub Committee to grant a licence permitting the sale of alcohol to 4.30 a.m with the premises to close by 5.00 a.m