The Soho Society faces severe financial consequences after a legal battle against a gin distillery. Chief Magistrate Goldspring is set to determine costs that could result in the charity's bankruptcy. The Soho Society raised safety concerns regarding flammable ethanol storage, but the judge ruled distillation is not covered by the Licensing Act, dismissing the appeal. Westminster Council has already incurred significant legal costs in the matter. While concerns about safety were acknowledged, overturning the license was deemed inappropriate, leaving the society in a precarious financial state.
If you make an order to that effect, it will bankrupt the society.
Judge Goldspring highlighted that distilling alcohol is not an activity covered by the 2003 Licensing Act.
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