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Lap dancing chain to fight decision on lost licence

A LAP dancing chain is to challenge the power of Scotland's local authorities to flex their muscles with licensed venues after a decision taken in Glasgow to shut a bar.

Brightcrew, which traded under the Spearmint Rhino banner in the city, is seeking to overturn a sheriff’s decision last year to revoke its licence after several dancers stripped naked.

A three-day hearing is now scheduled for the Court of Session, beginning next Tuesday and expected to cost Brightcrew and Glasgow City Council a combined sum of around £70,000.