Agenda item

(The premises address shown on the Officers report and agenda item as 18, High Street, Slough was incorrect and should have read, 193, Farnham Road, Slough)

Mr Gaba, the Premises Licence Holder of Metro, Food and Wine (Slough Ltd), 193, Farnham Road, Slough, attended the hearing with a relative who interpreted for him. At the commencement of the hearing Mr Gaba stated that he had not received the case papers until 28^th August (2 working days before the hearing). He therefore requested an adjournment of hearing on the grounds that he had not been able to appoint a Legal Representative in the short timescale.

The Clerk to the Sub-Committee and the Licensing Manager both confirmed that papers were served at the latest address provided by Mr Gaba  within the required notice period. Mr Gaba confirmed that he had failed to provide the Authority with his new address when he moved home 2 years earlier. The  papers were subsequently returned to Slough BC from his previous address marked ‘Gone Away’.  The Licensing Manager confirmed that he had then served the papers by hand.

The meeting was adjourned in order for Members to give consideration to the points that had been highlighted. The Sub-Committee decided that in order to ensure that Mr Gaba was allowed the opportunity to appoint a Legal Representative, the hearing of the premises review be adjourned until the next meeting of the Sib-Committee in September.