Edinburgh councillors have the right to set the maximum number of sexual entertainment venues at zero, the city council’s lawyer has told a judicial review into a policy which will effectively ban strip clubs.
A City of Edinburgh Council committee voted in March for a nil-cap on sex establishments – a policy set to be implemented next April that the city’s strippers fear will put them out of work and has left venues concerned for their future.
They have taken their fight against the policy to the Court of Session in Edinburgh, where Lord Richardson was told by Christine O’Neill KC on Friday that the council has the right to set the cap at zero.
