Hall v Cox
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1899 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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12 cases
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The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform v Amway (Uk) Ltd
...prize” depends to any extent (more than de minimis) upon the exercise of skill then there is no lottery (Re Senator at p 585–6 following Hall v Cox [1899] 1 QB 198 and Moore v Elphick [1945] 2 All ER 155). Finally, whilst these factors have been identified as relevant in particular cases it......
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Re Titan Marketing Gesellschaft; Senator Hanseatische Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
...or other prizes entirely by chance or, in other words, by the equivalent of drawing lots. He cited Taylor v Smetten (1883) 11 QBD 207, Hall v Cox [1899] 1 QB 198 and Scott v DPP [1914] 868, which do indeed support this general proposition. Building on this Mr Bannister submitted that since ......
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Imperial Tobacco Ltd v Attorney General
...the law against lotteries by bringing in an element of "fore-casting (as in those cases I have mentioned, as in Stoddart v. Sagar and hill v. Cox) or a small element of skill (as in Salt v. D.P.P.). In order to suppress these evasions, Parliament passed this Act rendering competitions unlaw......
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News of the World Ltd v Friend
...already in the past, but whose result was not known (e.g. the number of births and deaths in London in a given week; c.f. Hall v. Cox [1899] 1 Q.B. 198 [1899] 1 Q.B. 198 C.A.). On the other hand, competitions, the final result of which was determined by chance were lotteries and, therefore,......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Gambling Comparative Guide
...the game thereby becomes a matter of chance. That position has a long pedigree in English law, reaching back as far as Hall v Cox [1899] 1 QB 198. In the context of video games, the winning of 'in-game' prizes or 'loot boxes' by chance is outside the definition of 'gaming', even if the play......