4 Wins Leisure Ltd, R (on the application of) v The Licensing Committee For Blackpool Council & Ors, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, August 31, 2007, [2007] EWHC 2213 (Admin)

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4 Wins Leisure Ltd, R (on the application of) v The Licensing Committee For Blackpool Council & Ors, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, August 31, 2007, [2007] EWHC 2213 (Admin)

SMITH BERNAL WORDWAVE

CO/2751/2007

Neutral Citation Number: [2007] EWHC 2213 (Admin)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

Royal Courts of Justice

The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Friday 31 August 2007

B e f o r e:

MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN

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B E T W E E N:

The Queen on the application of

4 WINS LEISURE LIMITED

Claimant

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(1) THE LICENSING COMMITTEE FOR BLACKPOOL COUNCIL

(2) BROOK LEISURE BLACKPOOL LIMITED

(3) WORLD WIDE CLUBS (UK)

Defendants

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Mr Martin Walsh (instructed by Walker Morris, Leeds LS1 2HL)

appeared on behalf of the Claimant

Mr Ben Williams (instructed by the Principal Solicitor (Licensing)

Blackpool Licensing Service FY1 5WY)

appeared on behalf of the First Defendant

Mr Stephen Walsh (instructed by Gosschalks, Hull HU1 3DZ)

appeared on behalf of the Second Defendant

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JudgmentFriday 31 August 2007

MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN:

1. This is an application for judicial review of a decision by the defendant's licensing panel sitting on 16 February 2007 that the claimant was not an interested party for the purposes of the Licensing Act 2000 in respect of an application that had been submitted by the second defendant for a new premises licence to the first defendant.

2. The application was submitted on 21 December 2006. Both the claimant and the third defendant made representations in effect objecting to the application.

3. The relevant provisions of the Licensing Act 2003 ("the 20...

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