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Hospitality, Alcohol & Gambling
Restaurants, licensed premises, alcohol supply, gambling and venue controls.
Sources last reviewed 28 July 2026
Main law guides
122
Acts, regulations and codes worth reading first
Topics
60
Plain-English clusters
Published case explainers
143
Selected cases with a business lesson
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Plain-English explainers, not legal advice. Use the linked official source for section-level detail, and get advice for your situation.
Get legal helpMain laws
Bribery Act 2010
UKPGA 2010 c 23
Environmental Protection Act 1990
UKPGA 1990 c 43
Food Information Regulations 2014
SI 2014/1855
Food Safety Act 1990
UKPGA 1990 c 16
Licensing Act 2003
UKPGA 2003 c 17
Gambling Act 2005
2005 c. 19
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
2011 c. 13
Cases
Anwar Khan v Ankar Miah & Anor
For a small business owner, the durable lesson is not that every serious fallout leads to a winding-up order. The court may accept that a two-person company has the...
Morley's (Fast Foods) Limited v Thurairasa Nanthankumar & Ors
For small and growing food businesses, the lesson is simple: do not assume that changing the name alone makes your branding safe. The court looked at the overall...
Thatchers Cider Company Limited v Aldi Stores Limited
The lesson is not that you can never use common flavour cues, category colours or fruit imagery. The problem is pushing the design so far that it deliberately calls...
Morley’s (Fast Foods) Limited v Jeyatharini Sivakumar & Ors
The practical message is clear. If your business has settled a branding dispute, do not treat the approved logo as a flexible starting point for future redesigns....
Restaurant EC3 Limited v Tavor Holdings Limited
If your business is in dispute with a landlord over forfeiture, do not assume that an unlawful re-entry claim will automatically cancel out rent arrears in...
Kabab-Ji SAL (Lebanon) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait)
For ordinary businesses, the durable lesson is not really about high-level arbitration theory. It is about contract housekeeping. If you trade with a company in a...