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Gerald Gouriet KC

Gerald Gouriet KC

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Francis Taylor Building  has a strength in alcohol licensing, and often works on licences for a range of venues including pubs, clubs, and bars. Gerald Gouriet KC is active in gambling licensing and taxi licensing, as well as appearing in high court appeals involving local authorities. . Another key silk to note is Jeremy Phillips KC, who ‘knows premises licensing law in enormous detail’, represented Co-op Live in its licence application. At junior level, James Rankin is competent in gaming and betting licensing, but is particularly involved in premises and venue licensing for venues such as cinemas and hotels. Elsewhere, Leo Charalambides is a leader in the sex establishment licensing space and advises represents venues in Westminster in relation to complying with the Licensing Act 2003.
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Licensing
Gambling

Position

Gerald’s practice embraces the full range of licensing regulation, with recent emphasis on gambling, alcohol and entertainment, and taxi licensing. He is widely recognised as “the doyen of the [KCs] in this field”: Chambers and Partners, 2022.

He is General Editor of ‘Patersons Licensing Acts’ and of ’Smith & Monkcom: The Law of Gambling’. As a known expert in his field, he was invited to give evidence before the House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 (2017), and before the House of Lords Select Committee on Gambling Harm (2020).

Gerald’s list of clients includes: The Royal Opera House; The Albert Hall; John Lewis; Waitrose; The Dorchester Hotel; Tottenham Hotspur Football Club; The Football Pools Ltd; Trust Inns Ltd; Mitchells & Butlers; The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA); Caesar's Palace (Las Vegas); Cashino Gaming Ltd; Paddy Power; Ladbrokes; Corals; and William Hill. He was successful in obtaining gaming licences for the last of the great 1968 Act Casinos in Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Birmingham and Huddersfield; climaxing with the grant, on appeal, of the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square.

Career

Called to the Bar: 1974
Queen's Counsel: 2006
Appointed a General Editor of Paterson's Licensing Acts: 2015
General Editor, Smith & Monkcom: the Law of Gamblin

Education

  • Bachelor of Music (Royal College of Music)

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