Clarus Press is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of the eagerly awaited 3rd edition of Cassidy on the Licensing Acts.

This work is recognised by legal professionals as the definitive guide on licensing law in Ireland. It gives a comprehensive review of the entire code and brings the practitioner completely up-to-date with all the significant developments in licensing law.  

The 3rd edition includes:

1. Up-to-date consolidated licensing legislation from 1833-2010
2. Detailed table of offences affecting
   • pubs, hotels, restaurants and off-licences
   • registered clubs
   • places of public entertainment

with particular reference to appropriate penalties.

Cassidy on the Licensing Acts, 3rd edition,  is a complete overhaul of the entire original text. This work focuses on drugs and criminal legislation and includes the wide range of changes introduced by the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008.

New chapters deal with

1. Police Powers
2. Under-Age
3. Concerts and Festivals
4. Closure Orders
5.  Late Licences

This work also examines:

• Sale of alcohol on Good Friday
• New voluntary code of practice for off-licensees
• Practice direction affecting late licences
• New trading hours for off-licences
• New court procedure for wine off-licence
• New trading hours for theatres
• New conditions for special exemption orders
• Imposition of mandatory closure periods for certain first licensing offences
• Structural restrictions on sale and display of alcohol for supermarkets and convenience stores
• 2010 legisaltion affecting the National Conference Centre

1. The Licensing Code: Overview and Development
2. The Licence: Characteristics
3. The Licensee

Part II
LICENCES

1. Licences: Retail
2. Licences: Wholesale
3. Licences: Manufacture

Part III
LICENSED PREMISES, CLUBS AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT

1. Public House Licence
2. Off-licences
3. Hotels
4. Restaurants
5. Public Dancing Licences
6. Music and Singing Licences
7. Theatre Licence
8. Registered Clubs
9. Late Licences

Part IV
THE COURTS: LICENSING JURISDICTION

1. The Licence: Change in Character
2. General Jurisdiction
3. Practice and Procedure
4. Transfer
5. Renewal
6. Declaratory Jurisdiction
7. Objections

Part V
RIGHT AND OBLIGATIONS: ENFORCEMENT

1. Trading Hours
2. Exemption Orders, Occasional Licences and Authorised Event Orders
3. Offences
4. Endorsement
5. Suspension, Forfeiture and Disqualification
6. Revocation and Disqualification
7. Closure Orders
8. Under-Age
9. Police Powers

Part VI
PRACTICAL ISSUES

1. Planning Permission
2. Tax Clearance Certificate
3. Duties of a Solicitor
4. Equal Status Legislation
5. Conduct on a Licensed Premises
6. Concerts and Festivals

APPENDICES

1. The Licensing Acts 1833-2008 (Consolidated)
2. Related Legislation (Consolidated)
3. Table of Offences