R v Derek Kelly
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Justice Thomas |
| Judgment Date | 08 February 2008 |
| Neutral Citation | [2008] EWCA Crim 137 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Docket Number | Case No: 2007/00990/C1/3 |
| Date | 08 February 2008 |
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IFX Investment Company Ltd and Others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
...was to estimate the ball's approximate position and that accordingly the game was one of chance. The FTT noted that this Court had held in R v Kelly [2009] 1 WLR 701 that the element of chance did not have to be predominant. The FTT adopted another dictum of Lord Hailsham in News of the Wor......
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"Spotting the Ball" Partnership and Others
...in the context of GA 1968, s. 52(1) or VATA 1994, Value Added Tax Act 1994 schedule 9 group 4Sch. 9, Grp. 4, note (3). In R v KellyUNK [2008] EWCA Crim 137, [2009] 1 WLR 701 ("Kelly"), the Court of Appeal held that Parliament had provided that games of combined skill and chance were to be t......
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Revenue and Customs Comrs v Sportech Plc and Others
...involves a significant element of chance such that skill would only take a participant so far in the sense recognised in R v KellyUNK [2008] EWCA Crim 137 (para. [121] and [123]); (vii) In the language of News of the World v FriendWLR[1973] 1 WLR 248 the reality of the competition is that t......
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The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Sportech Plc & Ors
...involves a 10 significant element of chance such that skill would only take a participant so far in the sense recognised in R v Kelly [2008] EWCA Crim 137 (paras. [121] and [123]); vii. In the language of News of the World v Friend [1973] 1 WLR 248 the reality of the competition is that the......
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Is Poker A Game Of Chance? The Australian Position
...for it to be considered a game of mixed chance and skill and, in most Australian jurisdictions, an unlawful game. Footnotes 1 R v Kelly (2008) 2All ER840 2 For example, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to ......