Local Authority Insight Series: Taxi Licensing

James Button

James is a solicitor and Principal of James Button & Co., Solicitors.

His current expertise lies in the areas of licensing (including Taxis, Licensing Act 2003, Gambling Act 2005 etc), environmental health, public health (including the Public Health (Control of Disease Act 1984 and all pandemic regulations), human rights and other local authority and health sector related matters.

Stephen Turner

Stephen is a solicitor with Kingston upon Hull City Council and specialises in regulatory prosecutions and licensing. He qualified in 1986 and was in private practice before moving into local government in 1994. Stephen has been solely responsible for advice to the Council and its Officers on all aspects of licensing law and procedure since 2004. He advises the Committee and Officers in connection with all applications, reviews, prosecutions, and appeals concerning licensing matters from taxis and private hire to sex shops, zoos and scrap metal dealers and is Legal Advisor to the Committee when in session.