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I am available to attend licensing committee hearings, reviews, magistrates court appeals and other meetings / hearings across the country, especially the Midlands.
Main local venues for licensing hearings: Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, Bath, Sheffield, Peterborough, Cambridge, Northampton, Oxford, Lincoln, Grimsby, Coventry, Warwick, Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester and London.
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Ian Jones www.licensing-barrister.com
If you need help with your alcohol or entertainment licensing application, licensing appeal, licensing review or licensing objection, please contact me. I provide expert advice, help and representation to licence holders (premises/personal licences), applicants, councils, police, objectors and others involved in the licensing system. I am also available for taxi / private hire licensing applications, appeals and advice. I am a barrister with over 15 years experience. Like most barristers, I am self-employed and work with a group of other independent barristers in a shared office or “chambers”, with shared support staff or “clerks”. Unlike most barristers, I carry out some of my work directly for a client rather than through a solicitor – this is called “direct access”. I also have direct experience of the licensing system - I have managed a council licensing department, attended many licensing committee hearings and licensing appeals and advised on the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. One of my main areas of direct access work is licensing, especially alcohol and entertainment licensing and taxi / private hire licensing. I also undertake a wide range of other direct access work such as education, housing and planning work. Please see my Chambers website entry for further details of my practice areas.. |
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Clear and practical help I provide a fast and efficient service. You can contact me by phone (via my clerks on 0116 255 9144) – if I am in court or out of the office I will normally return your call within 48 hours. I prefer to work by email (legal@licensing-barrister.com), and won’t charge you for a long advice where a short paragraph will do just as well. My advice will be clear and practical, not full of legal jargon.
Where do I work? I am based at New Walk Chambers in Leicester. I attend hearings throughout the Midlands but am happy to travel further afield as required for hearings around the country. For paperwork and advice by phone or email, distance is no object!
Is there any work that I cannot do? There are detailed rules about barrister providing services directly to the public— fortunately, these do not really affect the service I can provide for licensing matters. I can give you advice by phone or email and I can represent you at the council licensing committee hearing or magistrates’ court appeal hearing. For more details of the rules on direct access to barristers, please click here. If I am not available (e.g. I am already booked for a court hearing) or if there is a conflict of interests (e.g. I know one of the parties in the case), I will refer you to another direct access barrister or to a solicitor. Finally, if at any stage I feel that it would be in your best interests or the interests of justice for you to instruct a solicitor, I cannot act for you. My clerks will refer you to a suitable solicitor, and if you wish, the solicitor can then instruct me.
What will it cost? I will quote a fixed fee for paperwork , conferences and hearings rather than charging by the minute. For hearings and meetings within a 50 mile radius of Leicester, I will charge mileage only (not travel time). Please see above for my standard fees for admission appeals. In other cases, the fee will depend on the amount of preparation required, whether it is urgent and how complicated the matter is. However, under the direct access scheme you only pay for the barrister, not the solicitor as well. My fees agreed under the direct access scheme are payable in advance – that way, you are not paying a higher rate to cover someone else’s bad debt. For further details of fees, please contact my clerks.
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How do you instruct me?
The simplest way to is to send me details of your appeal / case:
By email: legal@licensing-barrister.com or by fax: 0116 255 9084
Alternatively, you can contact my clerk:
By phone: 0116 255 9144 By post: New Walk Chambers, 27 New Walk, Leicester LE1 6TE |
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Licensing advice and expert help online |
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Licensing - typical fees list: Pre-application advice (full written advice, by email) £300 to £500 + VAT Advice to residents/objectors on grounds for objection/review and process £300 to £500 + VAT Representation for applicant or objector at council licensing committee £500 + VAT + travel (half day) or £750 + VAT + travel (full day) Clerking licensing committee hearing £500 + VAT + travel (half day) or £750 + VAT + travel (full day) Advice on appeal £300 to £500 + VAT Representing applicant/objector at magistrates’ court licensing appeal hearing £250 + VAT + travel (directions hearing) £850 to £1250 + VAT + travel (one day final hearing) While these fees apply to most licensing cases, a higher fee may apply to more complex or lengthy matters. There are no additional solicitors fees to be incurred—your contract is directly with an experienced licensing barrister.
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