A question mark now hangs over the long-awaited hearing. It would appear that Mr Sharma is ill. We are advised by Kathy Butler, Acting Principal Licensing Officer of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that the likelihood is that the court will postpone the hearing.
This is an appalling state of affairs. The original hearing date is now lost in the mists of time. Meanwhile, residents continue to suffer. The appellants and their legal advisors are well aware that is in their interests to drag out this process for as long as possible. In the meantime they continue to trade and residents continue to suffer.
Let's see what happens. It is for the court to decide on any adjournment. A fair decision would be to revoke the license with immediate effect until the appellant is feeling better. Then we would see how bad his back really is.
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