Closed-Circuit Television

Pub CCTV leads to eight-year prison sentence for man found guilty of manslaughter

12-Oct-2017 By Georgina Townshend

A pub’s clear CCTV footage led to the sentencing of a man who killed a father-of-eight inside the premises with a “single punch”.

Police release CCTV images after series of pub fruit machine thefts

16-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Kent police have released CCTV images of three men they are looking for in connection with a spate of pub fruit machine thefts.

Legal

CCTV conditions must be justified

09-Jul-2015 By Graeme Cushion & Lisa Sharkey, Poppleston Allen

There have been genuine concerns expressed that in certain licensing authority areas, standard CCTV conditions are finding themselves on many premises licences irrespective of the nature and type of the operation.

Legal advice: The conditions of owning CCTV

13-Nov-2014 By Poppleston Allen

More and more conditions requiring CCTV are appearing on premises licences up and down the country, and we are seeing increasing requests for specific technical requirements of that CCTV.

7 legal obligations for operating CCTV at your pub

31-Jan-2014 By Poppleston Allen

If you use CCTV at your premises you have certain legal obligations. In this article, licensing specialists Poppleston Allen lists some of the main ones.

New CCTV system gives licensee peace of mind

27-Aug-2013 By Michelle Perrett

A licensee claims a new CCTV system has given him peace of mind when he is away from his pub.

CCTV: Is there a 'pressing need' for cameras at your pub?

08-Jul-2013 By Poppleston Allen

Following concerns raised by the Information Commissioner’s Office and after a detailed consultation process, the Home Office published the new Surveillance Camera Code of Practice in June. Licensing law firm Poppleston Allen takes a closer look.

Legal checklist: Guidelines for operating CCTV

08-Feb-2013 By Poppleston Allen

Increasingly, we are being called to give advice about the licensee’s responsibilities regarding CCTV. Police and other regulatory agencies will want to have conditions on your premises licence that require you:

Operator wins licence review case over CCTV dispute

24-Jan-2012

An operator has won his case against a licence review after refusing to hand over CCTV footage from his pub to police.

Licensee vowes not to serve former landlord

26-Apr-2011 By Michelle Perrett

A Devon pub has been given a reprieve after the new licensee vowed not to serve her partner, the former landlord, according to a report in the Herald...

Pubwatch backs facial recognition use for pubs

03-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A Surrey town could incorporate facial recognition into its CCTV system to help keep troublemakers out of pubs. The suggestion came up during a...

Liverpool cops call for CCTV in all pubs

05-Mar-2009 By John Harrington

Merseyside Police are asking all pubs and clubs in hot-spots to have CCTV as a licence condition, even inside venues. Police in a growing number of...

E-pub: monitoring the ban

03-Jul-2007

Whether it's reality TV or iconic images of the July 7 bombers about to attack London's transport network, modern Britain is clearly obsessed with...

Associated Industries meets the three pubs

16-Mar-2007

After three-months in the set up of the Sell More Save More campaign, it was more than welcoming to meet the finalists at site and to obtain from...

Security: surveillance cameras

10-Nov-2006

Security cameras were always at the heart of entrepreneur Nick Desai's plans for his innovative brewery-bar-restaurant concept. He wanted to cut out...

Candid camera

28-Sep-2006

Sophisticated surveillance equipment can catch a person on film up to 300 times a day. Graham Ridout investigates.

Vigilance matters

28-Apr-2005

With the average British pub losing £100 a week in cash and stock theft, GRAHAM RIDOUT reveals how you can stay one step ahead with improved...

What the Sunday papers say

19-Apr-2004

The Sunday TelegraphBreath test machines are to be installed in hundreds of pubs across Britain so that drinkers can check if they are over the...

Pubs and the Data Protection Act

22-Jan-2004

With data scams still in the news, Phil Mellows asks what the law really means.Nobody is quite sure how many licensees have been caught out by Data...

Negative images

28-Nov-2001

With the rise in fears over civil liberties, the use of CCTV cameras in licensed premises has come under new regulations. Phil Mellows reportsPolice...

Just for the record

11-Oct-2001

The Data Protection Act 1998 regulates the use and management of "personal data". The deadline for compliance with provisions under the Act requiring...