Dave West wants other nightclubs to join in his challenge

Dave West, who owns Abracadabra in Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, says the ban is an infringement on his customers' civil liberties.

He insists that if he is issued with a fine from Westminster Council he will challenge the decision in the courts.

"This is an infringement on my civil liberties and human rights and that's how we're going to fight it," he said.

He added: "If we lose in the High Court, then it'll go to the Court of Appeal, then it'll go the House of Lords and then finally we'll take it to the European Parliament."