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On 10th February 2017 Stuart Jessop represented a landlord who faced a Local Authority prosecution for a breach of a planning enforcement notice under section 179 Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The breach occurred over a four year period and rent had been...

In a recent article featured on eurofoodlaw.com, Stuart shares his throughts on Brexit and what it might mean for UK food safety legislation. "Brexit will have implications for many areas of UK law [including food safety laws], as the role of EU legislation in these...

Stuart Jessop has secured a conditional discharge for a defendant facing a charge of failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice contrary to section 179(2) Town and Country Planning Act 1990, brought by the London Borough of Newham. Although the breach was...

Stuart Jessop has assisted a group of residents with their representations and objections in relation to a new application for a premises licence in a Cumulative Impact Zone. The Licensing sub-committed heard representation from these residents and from two...

Stuart Jessop has successfully represented a group of residents in their Review of the premises licence of a restaurant in Southwark. The Licensing Sub-committee heard evidence from the residents, about the level of public nuisance, who described the noise from...

Stuart recently represented a letting agent in his successful appeal to the Crown Court against a sentence imposed by Thames Magistrates Court. The Appellant had pleaded guilty to four offences under the Housing Act 2004, concerning licensing in respect of Houses in...

Stuart has recently represented a hackney Carriage Driver in his appeal against the revocation of his licence due to disclosure of a criminal allegation made against him which was never proceeded with because of flaws in the complainant's evidence. Despite these flaws...

Stuart has managed to help a client avoid suspension and huge costs of having to put in place extensive sound insulation at his premises having been required to do so by a decision of the Licensing sub-committee. Through detailed negotiation and arguments that these...

Stuart represented two clients who had pleaded guilty to breaches of an enforcement notice. He argued that although, they had technically been served with the notice, they in fact did not know about it and had not benefitted in any way from the breach. It was crucial...

Stuart has recently given a lecture on updates in Health and safety Law to delegates from several London Local Authorities. He is frequently asked to give training on his core areas of practice. Look out for forthcoming lectures on Food Law and Licensing throughout...

The Court of appeal in R v. Kohali [2015] EWCA 1757, dealing with a an appeal against a sentence for an offence contrary to section 179(2) and (8) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, held that it would be wrong in principle to impose a fine in respect of the...

Kelton v Wiltshire Council [2015] EWHC 2853 The grant of planning permission for a residential development, which included affordable housing, had to be quashed by the High Court as tainted by apparent bias where one of the councillors who had voted in favour of the...

In November, it is expected that the full consultation response document and definitive final guidelines will be published for the set of proposals titled “Health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences guidelines.”...

On April 29th 2015 the Supreme Court delivered judgment in R (on the application of Hemmings (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) and others) v Westminster City Council, in what was a significant case for regulators and the regulated of licensing or other similar regulatory...