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ਸਾਰੇ ਕੇਸ
Licensing Law
High Court
2008
R (Daniel Thwaites plc) v Wirral Magistrates' Court
[2008] EWHC 838 (Admin)
Ratio Decidendi
Licensing decisions must be based on evidence relating to the licensing objectives. Personal prejudice against alcohol or a general desire to reduce the number of premises is not a legitimate basis for refusal.
ਤੱਥ
A brewery applied for a premises licence. Local residents objected on general grounds about alcohol consumption. The magistrates refused the application.
ਫੈਸਲੇ ਦਾ ਸਾਰ
The High Court quashed the refusal. Licensing decisions must be evidence-based and relate to the four licensing objectives, not moral or ideological opposition to alcohol.
ਮੁੱਖ ਹਵਾਲੇ
"Licensing decisions must be based on evidence, not on a general objection to the sale of alcohol."
— Bentley J
ਬਾਅਦ ਦਾ ਇਲਾਜ
Applied
Regularly cited in licensing appeal cases.
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