Gambling with the law
Joshua Rozenberg explains how a case about a Β£7.7 million win at baccarat changed the legal test of dishonesty.
A poker player who used a Victorian conjuring trick to win Β£7.7 million from a London casino left court empty-handed in 2017 after a court found he βtook positive steps to fix the deckβ. But now judges have decided that the ruling in Phil Iveyβs case should be the test for dishonesty. Joshua Rozenberg explains how it works, while a gambler tells us that the courts have got it wrong.
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And how is lockdown affecting the work of the civil justice system?
Contributors:
Dr Natalie Byrom, director of research at the Legal Education Foundation
Toufique Hossain, director of public law at Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Richard Munchkin, host, βGambling with an Edgeβ podcast
Professor David Ormerod, University College London
Researcher: Diane Richardson
Producer: Neil Koenig
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