“Cricket’s anti-corruption chief insists illegal betting is not endemic in the game, in the wake of three Pakistan players being jailed for spot-fixing. Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been given prison terms for conspiring to bowl deliberate no-balls in a 2010 Test match against England.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have been found guilty of their part in a ‘spot-fixing’ scam after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“If your spouse picks the winning numbers, you are entitled to a share of the jackpot only if he or she invests it in a shared asset such as the family home, a High Court judge ruled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“All gambling operators selling or advertising their products in the UK will have to obtain a licence from the Gambling Commission no matter where they are based, the Government has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A crackdown on offshore gambling companies that operate in the UK has been launched by the government in a move that is expected to clear the way for a tax grab by the Treasury.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The children of the late tycoon Lord Steinberg are fighting the rump of their father’s Stanley Leisure gambling empire in a multimillion-pound case at the high court in London.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A series of linked scratchcard promotion companies must fundamentally change the way they do business or stop operating after the High Court ruled their promotions were unlawful.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A City trader has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after making £3m-worth of unauthorised trades.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A young professional poker player lost £156,000 at the High Court today when a judge ruled he must pay a rabbi who placed spread bets for him on the Dow Jones index.”
The Independent, 10th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
In re Frankice (Golders Green) Ltd and others; [2010] WLR (D) 118
“The words ‘legal process’ in para 43(6) of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 meant something with a defined beginning and an ascertainable outcome, involving the compulsive power of the law, which, in the interim, was governed by a recognisable procedure which was legal or quasi-legal in nature.”
WLR Daily, 10th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The advertising watchdog has banned a TV commercial for a gambling website for portraying black people as less intelligent than white people and presenting a negative racial stereotype.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Consumer regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is taking five prize draw companies to court over competitions that it believes are unfair to consumers. It has asked the High Court for an injunction to stop the competitions taking place.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“More than two years after Guardian Money highlighted the questionable tactics of two prize draw promotions companies, Britain’s consumer watchdog is launching court action aimed at putting a stop to their ‘deceptive’ practices.”
The Guardian, 16th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In our consultation paper we propose the repeal of some seven obsolete statutory provisions which relate to the holding of different forms of lottery.”
Law Commission, 12th January 2010
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“The High Court has said that a UK hosting company does not have to comply with a US state court’s order demanding that it hand over a gambling company’s domain name.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th November 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Gambling Commission’s ‘softly softly’ approach to one-off lotteries may undermine its ability to prosecute , a gambling law expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Racecourses did not break competition laws when they decided to sell their television rights only to a company that they owned. A rival company owned by betting shops has lost its case at the Court of Appeal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Swindon woman whose winning lottery ticket was found and cashed in by someone else has been told she will be paid more than half the original prize.”
BBC News, 24th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A controversial competition to win a house that was halted by the Gambling Commission has been allowed to proceed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Carlisle woman who worked as a local politician before developing an addiction to online gambling was jailed today for stealing almost £40,000 to pay her debts.”
The Guardian, 8th april 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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