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Blake Lapthorn

NEW KINGS COURT, TOLLGATE, CHANDLER'S FORD, EASTLEIGH, HAMPSHIRE, SO53 3LG, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 02380 857264
Fax:
Fax 02380 908092
Web:
www.bllaw.co.uk
Email:

Jon Wallsgrove

Tel:
Work +44 23 8085 7224
Email:
Blake Lapthorn

Work Department

Licensing.

Position

Partner; licensing and regulatory, new and varied licences for national retailers, as well as licence reviews and prosecutions arising under the Licensing Act 2003; managing a team of paralegals to handle routine applications for several high-street national retailers.

Career

Trained Magistrates Court Service; qualified 1993; legal advisor to Hampshire Magistrates Court 1991-96; senior solicitor specialising in licensing Blake Lapthorn 1996-2003; solicitor for Portsmouth City Council 2003-04; in-house counsel and head of licensing for Laurel Pub Company Ltd 2004-06; partner specialising in licensing, gaming and regulatory Blake Lapthorn 2006.

Leisure

Football, golf, painting.

Practice Areas

Licensing, gaming and betting

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