{"id":48792,"date":"2025-05-27T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=legal_developments&#038;p=48792"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:00:29","slug":"martyns-law-gets-royal-assent-to-become-law","status":"publish","type":"legal_developments","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/thought-leadership\/martyns-law-gets-royal-assent-to-become-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Martyn\u2019s Law gets Royal Assent to become law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Terrorism (Protection of Premises Act), commonly known as Martyn\u2019s Law, is named after Martyn Hett, one of the 22 victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On April 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a02025, Martyn\u2019s Law, officially called the Terrorism (Protection of Premises Bill) received Royal Assent from the King, making it law in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Act, which arose from the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in 2017, is aimed at preventing and reducing the harm of terror attacks at venues. As such, this is of particular interest to the hospitality sector.<\/p>\n<p>Here, Poppleston Allen Licensing Solicitors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popall.co.uk\/meet-the-team\/andy-grimsey\">Andy Grimsey<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popall.co.uk\/meet-the-team\/joe-harvey\">Joe Harvey<\/a>, explain how this legislation impacts the sector and answer questions that many operators might have.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popall.co.uk\/services\/martyns-law-2025\">Martyn\u2019s Law \u2013 what this means for hospitality operators<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further information about this or anything else, contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popall.co.uk\/meet-the-team\/carl-weston\">Carl Weston<\/a>, Head of Marketing and Partner (non-solicitor).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-48792","legal_developments","type-legal_developments","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_developments\/48792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_developments"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/legal_developments"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}