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  • Horseracing split again

    United Kingdom 30.04.2007
    This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017. In our January update we reported on the establishment of a joint venture between Racing UK and Alphameric which is aiming...
  • Super casino controversy continues

    United Kingdom 30.04.2007
    This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017. The Government's plans to introduce licences under the Gambling Act 2005 for Britain's new wave of regional, large and small...
  • Attheraces and BHB reach a settlement

    United Kingdom 30.04.2007
    This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017. The Court of Appeal finally delivered its judgment in the Attheraces/British Horseracing Board case and allowed the BHB's...
  • Controversy over Call TV Quiz shows

    United Kingdom 05.02.2007
    House of Commons report The House of Commons (“HOC”) report was published on 25 January 2007 following an investigation last autumn. It makes several recommendations to provide greater clarity...
  • Gambling Bill gets green light

    United Kingdom 08.04.2005
    The Gambling Bill is set to become law having been approved by the House of Lords after the government scaled down plans for eight regional 'super casinos' to just one following media outrage and backbench...
  • Apple grabs ’itunes.co.uk’

    United Kingdom 31.03.2005
    In October 2000, Apple obtained the trade mark ITUNES. However, it did not start operating its iTunes service using the domain itunes.com until June 2004, when it quickly built up a huge international...
  • Gambling deregulation: an update

    United Kingdom 07.07.2004
    The Government is committed to modernising and updating the UK's gambling law. When the existing laws were passed in the 1960s, gambling was seen as an activity that ought to be permitted only to the...
  • Joint Code of Practice for new forms of content on mobile phones

    United Kingdom 04.02.2004
    Six leading UK mobile phone operators have established a joint Code of Practice for the self -regulation of new forms of content on mobile phones in order to protect children from inappropriate material....
  • Prize indemnity

    United Kingdom 31.12.2003
    India's cricket team was at the heart of another dispute in the case of Toomey and Others v Baron Electronics Pty Limited (16 January 2002). Prize Indemnity cover was provided to Baron Electronics, a...
  • Proposed changes to prize competitions and lotteries law

    United Kingdom 24.06.2003
    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced the Government's proposals for changes to the law on prize competitions and lotteries, arising out of the consultation which followed the publication...