Bookings, menus, online ordering, search. Written by the people building the product, between services.
Too small for a staff accident book doesn't mean too small to report a guest's injury — and the record it creates is its own compliance risk.
A copied menu listing raises two different property-right tests and a separate, unsettled liability question — confusing them leaves the exposure with you.
A plate that counts as exempt packaging in England has no exemption in Wales, where it carries a penalty — and a straw needs a declared health reason, not a simple request.
A business sale does not move the alcohol licence, a death or insolvency starts a 28-day clock, and a stale “fully licensed” claim now risks a fine.
Existing directors get a grace period tied to their next filing — but one already overdue on 18 November 2025 forfeited it on 2 December, at real legal exposure.
A spend-linked giveaway can be an unlicensed lottery with no ticket sold, and the one exemption for restaurants cannot be advertised online — a criminal risk, not a paperwork one.
A roofed, heated terrace can be legally smoke-free without anyone realising — risking a fixed penalty on the business and the staff member who missed it.
A lapsed footer badge needs no proof anyone was fooled — Schedule 20 skips that test, and paragraphs 3 and 4 open a real criminal exposure most advice never mentions.
The old HMRC enforcement powers were repealed on 7 April 2026; their replacement is only in force for specified purposes — a gap that carries real financial exposure.
Registering a company name checks nothing against the trade marks register, and the exposure a rebrand years in can trigger is real, not theoretical.
A wrong hours line carries real legal exposure — but the guest's damages route isn't the one the DMCCA's headline sections suggest.
Paying the invoice does not move copyright, a guest's face carries a removal right, and a stale dish photo carries real legal risk.
