Can bailiff's be barred from entering my pub under the Licensing Act 2003?


No

Bailiffs may enter pub premises provided he has authority to enter them. That authority is conferred by the enforcement power.[1][2][3][4]

If the bailiff is not lawfully acting in the execution of duty, for example, he cannot show his ID or authority to be on the premises,[5] the person in charge of the licensed premises may use reasonable force to eject the bailiff from premises.[6][7][8]

Any employee of the premises may also take these steps.[9]

A Landlord can lawfully use reasonable force in removing a bailiff without an enforcement power that has refused to leave, the bailiff resisting is the person guilty of a breach of the peace.[10]

If a constable arrests, or threatens to arrest a person lawfully removing a bailiff from premises, the constable commits an offence.[11]



[1] Enforcement of Business Rates: Regulation 12 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989
[2] Enforcement of High Court Writs: Civil Procedure Rule 84.3
[3] Enforcement of unpaid Magistrates' Court fines: Section 76 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
[4] Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[5] Paragraph 26 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[6] Weaver v Bush [1795] 8TR
[7] Simpson v Morris [1813] 4 Taunt 821
[8] Polkinhorne v Wright [1845] 8QB 197
[9] Hall v Davis [1825] 2 C&P 33
[10] Green v Bartram [1830] 4 C&P 308
[11] Section 26 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015