Reader's Digest Association Ltd v Williams

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1976
Year1976
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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14 cases
  • Imperial Tobacco Ltd v Attorney General
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • March 9, 1979
    ...Whitbread v. Bell (1970) 2 Q.3. 547, with the approval of the House of Lords in Atkinson v. Morrell (1973) A.C. 239 culminating in Readers Digest v. Williams (1976) 1 V.L.R. 11C9. In that case the Headers Digest, in a sales campaign, issued nearly 5 million numbers among 20 million people. ......
  • Flynn v Denieffe
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • January 1, 1993
    ...& LOTTERIES ACT 1956 S2 GAMING & LOTTERIES ACT 1956 S21(1) GAMING & LOTTERIES ACT 1956 S21(2) READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION LTD V WILLIAMS 1976 1 WLR 1109 IMPERIAL TOBACCO & ANOR V AG 1981 AC 718 Synopsis: WORDS AND PHRASES "Lottery" Newspaper - Board game - Participants - Card holders - Ca......
  • Treasure Bay (St Lucia) Ltd Claimant v [1] The Gaming Authority [2] The Cabinet of Saint Lucia [3] The National Lotteries Authority [4] The Minister for Social Transformation Youth and Sports Respondents Cage St. Lucia Ltd Interested Party [ECSC]
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • September 25, 2014
    ... [1973] A.C. 289 ; Imperial Tobacco Ltd. v Attorney General [1981] A.C. 718; Whitbread & Co. Ltd. v Bell [1970] 2 Q.B. 547; Readers Digest Association Ltd. v Williams [1976] 1 WLR 1109; Morris v Blackman [1864] 2 H & C 912; Bartlett v Parker [1912] 2 K.B. 497;; McCollom v Wrightson 1968 WL ......
  • Treasure Bay (St. Lucia) Ltd v Gaming Authority et Al
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • September 25, 2014
    ...Ltd. v. Attorney General[1981] A.C. 718; Whitbread & Co. Ltd. v. Bell[1970] 2 Q.B. 547; Readers Digest Association Ltd. v. Williams[1976] 1 W.L.R. 1109; Morris v. Blackman[1864] 2 H & C 912; Bartlett v. Parker[1912] 2 K.B. 497;; McCollom v. Wrightson1968 W.L. 22933; Smith v. Wyles[1959] 1 Q......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Courts of Appeal
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 44-1, February 1980
    • February 1, 1980
    ...and there is the possibility of thelossofthat price. The chance to win a prize free is not a lottery: seethe Readers Digest case [1976] 1 W.L.R. 1109. The importanceofthedecision in the present case is that it declares that there is no pres-umption that payment for a packet which contains a......

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