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Soho Sex Shops Strike Euro-Blow Against Westminster

24.05.2013

R (Hemming & Others) v Westminster City Council, Court of Appeal, 24th May 2013

A group of sex shop owners has won a major victory in the Court of Appeal after a three year campaign to reduce its licence fees. The judgment of the Court of Appeal is set to cost the licensing authority, Westminster City Council, up to £2 million. The judgment also has a potentially far-reaching effect on other fields of regulation.

Since 2005, Westminster City Council charged sex shop owners in the West End of London £29,102 for their annual licence. In 2009, new European laws came into force in the United Kingdom, which prevented licensing authorities from charging fees going beyond the actual costs of the authorisation process.
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High Court considers how evidence seeking to establish precise boundaries using datum points should be assessed in boundary dispute

16.05.2013

Matt Hutchings successfully defends a decision of William Hanson, sitting as an Adjudicator to HM Land Registry in Currey v Fletcher [2013], Chancery Division, 15th May 2013.

The Adjudicator produced a decision in a boundary dispute involving issues of paper title, boundary agreements and adverse possession.

The opponents sought permission to appeal from the Chancery Division, where they were represented by George Lawrence QC.
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