Gimmesumvalium,
How lucky you are and what enlightened Ops Management! In my opinion, circling approaches were designed in the days of smaller and slower aircraft when the approach aids were not too plentiful either.
I believe circling approaches are entirely inappropriate for medium to large aircraft, even modern ones with Map etc which does help SA. In particular, I believe circling approaches at night belong to the lunatic fringe of aviation and should not be allowed by ICAO. That's not what the fare-paying public expects in terms of safe transportation.
By the way, the Approach Ban as now constituted, only prevents the cowboy from commencing the approach (OM/Equiv position etc). If he gets an RVR way below the minimum for the approach after he's passed the marker, the cowboy can continue to land in zero zero if he likes. In the UK he will be reported but when the CAA asks the inevitable questions later, all the two pilots have to do is swear on a stack of bibles/korans that they had adequate visual reference and there's nothing the feds can do about it (except watch this outfit for future reference of course). Unfortunately when the original UK App Ban was changed, the result was that it merely prevented the cowboys from commencing the approach.