Firearms and Licensing
3PB have some of the leading firearms barristers, routinely appearing in cases involving firearms and involved in complex, challenging firearms licensing appeals.
Our experience and track record in firearms law are second-to-none. 3PB are recognised as one of the very few "go-to" barristers chambers for firearms licensing and use. We are trusted with the largest UK firearms cases and assist police forces, companies and individuals with firearms-related issues and helping navigate the complex and myriad regulations and legislation governing firearms control and the possession of firearms, shotguns, imitation, replica and antique guns, use of airguns, gauss guns, stun guns, tasers and incapacitant sprays.
3PB team of expert firearms barristers advise on all areas of firearms law and regulation, including:
- Breaches of shotgun certificate conditions
- Condemnation Proceedings concerning firearms and offensive weapons
- Firearms licensing and appeals
- Firearms-related crime including murder and gang-shootings and killings
- Firearms offences appeals
- Firearms trafficking and sanction-busting
- Maritime security and use of firearms at sea
- Possession of guns in a public place
- Possession of S5 firearms
- Shooting and field-sports law affecting shoots, shooting grounds, clubs and their regulation
Other specialist licensing
Licensing is a dynamic area of law and continues to develop rapidly with modern legislation regulating the sale of alcohol, entertainment venues, gambling, road haulage, taxis, scrap metal and animal welfare. We act for the police, national retail chains, independent trade clients, local authorities and small businesses and farmers and their solicitors.
Succeeding in these detailed and complex statutory regimes requires specialist legal expertise which 3PB barristers offer, giving high quality advisory and advocacy services and offers substantial experience covering a wide variety of licensing regimes including:
- Animals
- Alcohol and Entertainment
- Cosmetic Treatments
- Gambling
- Road Haulage
- Scrap Metal
- Security Operations including premises security
- Sexual Entertainment Venues
- Street Trading
- Taxis
3PB's expert licensing barristers have substantial experience and expertise in licensing hearings, appeals to magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court, tribunal proceedings and appeals, judicial review claims, mediation and enforcement proceedings relating to alleged breaches of licence conditions or legislation
3PB's licensing experts are routinely praised for the ability to provide strategically sound advice in commercially-critical and legally complex licensing disputes, leading to the best possible outcome for clients.
For advice and representation in firearms licensing or any other licensing dispute, please contact us on [email protected] or call us on 01962 868884 or 01202 292102.
