The WLR Daily case summaries
[2017] WLR (D) 553
Supreme Court
Regina (Hemming (trading as Simply Pleasure Ltd) and others) v Westminster City Council (Architects Registration Board and others intervening)
[2017] UKSC 50
2017 May 11; July 19
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Reed JJSC
Licensing— Sex establishment— Licence fee— Licensees seeking judicial review of annual fee for renewal of sex establishment licence— Court of Appeal deciding licensing authority not permitted to include cost of enforcing licensing system in fee— Court of Appeal ordering authority to refund to licensees part of fee relating to enforcement costs— Court of Justice deciding charging enforcement costs at time of licence application unlawful— Charging enforcement costs in event licence granted lawful— Appropriate remedy— Extent to which authority entitled to repayment of fees refunded to licensees — Whether authority determining reasonable fees—
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c 30) (as amended by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c 26), s 27(7)), s 2, Sch 3, para 19
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Provision of Services Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2999), reg 18(4)
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Parliament and Council Directive 2006/123/EC, art 13(2)