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Gaming – Lawful and unlawful gaming. The claimant, a professional gambler won a significant sum gambling in the defendant casino. When the defendant refused to pay out the claimant sued for the sums owed. The defendant resisted the claim and contended that there was an implied term that the claimant would not cheat and that term had been broken The Queen's Bench Division found that the claimant's actions constituted cheating for the purpose of civil law and his claim would be dismissed.
Gaming – Lawful and unlawful gaming. The claimant, a professional gambler won a significant sum gambling in the defendant casino. When the defendant refused to pay out the claimant sued for the sums owed. The defendant resisted the claim and contended that there was an implied term that the claimant would not cheat and that term had been broken The Queen's Bench Division found that the claimant's actions constituted cheating for the purpose of civil law and his claim would be dismissed.
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The Ministry of Justice will match-fund up to 100 criminal pupillages, with grants available to criminal chambers across England and Wales. Similar to the COIC scheme, the grants will match-fund pupillages additional to those otherwise offered without government funding
Not yet, says Jacob Turner. Regulation, unlike the technology itself, is a domain the legal profession can still control
