17th May 2006, 10:32 PM
As I have said before point in the direction of the statute.
The home office licence contains standard conditions and they are never/very rarely altered. I have discussed this at length with the home office and they assure me that not all conditions will be applicable at all times on all sites but they prefer to always include them.
The precise legally of any given situation can thus only thus be determined by the courts (the same is true of what does and does not constitute an offence with listed buildings). The next best thing therefore is the opinion of the law enforcers, expert witnesses like myself and QCs.
The notion that visitors are not some how memebrs of the public is flawed is however.
There is also the legal phrase de minimus non curat lex - the law does not deal in trifles. The laws were drawn up without taking archaeology into account and thus at times are at odds with standard practice. The law in any event is under review so that anomalies like this should be ironed out.
I can also see nothing wrong in all day trading or indeed 24 hour drinking.
Dr Peter Wardle
The home office licence contains standard conditions and they are never/very rarely altered. I have discussed this at length with the home office and they assure me that not all conditions will be applicable at all times on all sites but they prefer to always include them.
The precise legally of any given situation can thus only thus be determined by the courts (the same is true of what does and does not constitute an offence with listed buildings). The next best thing therefore is the opinion of the law enforcers, expert witnesses like myself and QCs.
The notion that visitors are not some how memebrs of the public is flawed is however.
There is also the legal phrase de minimus non curat lex - the law does not deal in trifles. The laws were drawn up without taking archaeology into account and thus at times are at odds with standard practice. The law in any event is under review so that anomalies like this should be ironed out.
I can also see nothing wrong in all day trading or indeed 24 hour drinking.
Dr Peter Wardle
