Month: December 2020

The House of Lords Select Committee published its report on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry on 2nd July 2020. The report, which sets out a wide range of recommendations to reduce gambling-related harm, has called for the government to classify loot boxes as ‘games of chance’ thereby bringing them under the … Continued

Whether you know him as Father Christmas, Santa Clause, Saint Nicholas or Sinterklaas, the benevolently perennial – if seasonally neurotic – gift giver has been operating for centuries and is well loved by pretty much everyone. It is well known that Santa (which we’ll call him here for ease) resides far away from prying eyes … Continued

Face v Cummingham & Anor [2020] EWHC 3119 (Ch): ‘If the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…were to write up the events which have led to this present, unhappy litigation, [it] would no doubt have titled the resulting chronicle “The Case of the Missing Original Will”. ’ So said His Honour Judge Hodge QCdismissing a contested … Continued

Key workers and those providing vital services to the country have done an incredible job during the Covid-19 pandemic keeping the country functioning. Many have been unable to work from home and have kept the economy moving by going into work each day.    Some of those have or will inevitably become ill or suffer the … Continued