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Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd

Hearings

22 May 1946 [1946] KB 501; [1946] 2 All ER 187, KBD (Oliver J)

01 Dec 1947 [1948] 1 KB 291; [1947] 2 All ER 815; 64 TLR 41; (1948) 92 SJ 40, CA (Lord Greene MR, Somervell LJ and Singleton J)

28 Feb 1949 [1949] AC 398; [1949] 1 All ER 544; 65 TLR 170; (1949) 93 SJ 163, HL (Lord Simonds, Lord Du Parcq, Lord Normand, Lord Morton of Henryton and Lord Reid)

Subject Matter

GAMING — Betting — Dog-racing track — Use of totalisator — Provision for bookmakers — “Space … where they can “conveniently carry on bookmaking” — Action at suit of individual bookmaker — Betting and Lotteries Act (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 58), s. 11, sub-s. 2 (b); s. 30, sub-s. 1

[1946] KB 501; [1946] 2 All ER 187, KBD

[1948] 1 KB 291; [1947] 2 All ER 815; 64 TLR 41; (1948) 92 SJ 40, CA

[1949] AC 398; [1949] 1 All ER 544; 65 TLR 170; (1949) 93 SJ 163, HL

Appellate History

Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd [1946] KB 501; [1946] 2 All ER 187, KBD

Decision of Oliver J reversed

Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd [1948] 1 KB 291; [1947] 2 All ER 815; 64 TLR 41; (1948) 92 SJ 40, CA

Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd [1948] 1 KB 291; [1947] 2 All ER 815; 64 TLR 41; (1948) 92 SJ 40, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd [1949] AC 398; [1949] 1 All ER 544; 65 TLR 170; (1949) 93 SJ 163, HL

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