Audrey Ferrie

Solicitor

Audrey is a graduate of the University of Glasgow and trained with Hughes Dowdall & Co., a well-known Glasgow firm specialising in criminal law. On qualification she joined the litigation team at Moncrieff Warren Paterson, Glasgow in 1979 as an assistant solicitor and remained with the firm through various mergers until her retirement in April 2022.

Audrey is established as a recognised expert in her field. She specialises in liquor, gambling and civic government licensing, with a particular focus on Scotland. She represents many well-known companies in the leisure and hospitality industry and appears regularly at licensing hearings throughout Scotland. Audrey is the Convenor a member of the Law Society of Scotland's Licensing Sub Committee and , a member of the Liquor Licensing Specialist Accreditation Panel. She was previously is also a member of the Scottish Tourism Alliance and the only Scottish member of the invitation-only Gambling Commission Industry Lawyers Group. She is a contributing editor to Smith & Monkcom: The Law of Gambling, 54th Edition. She is a member of the Glasgow Film Fundraising Committee.

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Licensed premises in Scotland—transferring or leasing

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview and basic guide for solicitors, signposting the issues to consider when purchasing or leasing licensed premises in Scotland, including the application forms and supplementary information for a premises licence, operating and layout plans, the form of a premises licence, the transfer of premises licences, and provisional premises licences.

Property

Short-term let licences–Scotland—procedure

Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out the process for applying to a local authority as licensing authority for a short-term let (STL) licence in Scotland, the information required, costs, factors taken into account in the determination of the application as well as penalties for failing to obtain an STL licence and enforcement powers for local authorities.

Property

Licensed premises in Scotland—leasing—style clauses

Precedents

This Style provides additional definitions and clauses for a lease of licensed premises in Scotland with details of the premises licence granted under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and optional drafting relating to a gaming machine permit issued under the Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Permits (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and the Gambling Act 2005 and table and chairs pavement licences issued under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

Property

Licensed premises in Scotland—sale—style clauses

Precedents

This Style provides additional definitions, suspensive conditions, warranties and clauses for sale of licensed premises in Scotland with details of the premises licence granted under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and optional drafting relating to a gaming machine permit issued under the Licensed Property Gaming Machine Permits (Scotland) Regulations 2007.

Property