Contract
Puharic v Silverbond Enterprises Ltd [2021] EWHC 351 (QB), [2021] All ER (D) 97 (Feb)
A Croatian VIP gambler’s claim that the defendant casino operator had a contractual obligation, pursuant to an alleged oral agreement, to pay commission accrued under the ‘player program agreement’ was dismissed. The Queen’s Bench Division held that there had been no concluded agreement reached between the parties about bonuses or incentives. Accordingly, the club in question was not obliged to pay the claimant commission which accrued when he had played at the club. The court held that the claimant had been paid his winnings and that he was entitled to no further sum.
Crime
R v Thacker and others [2021] EWCA Crim 97, [2021] All ER (D) 96 (Feb)
Section 1(2)(b) of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990, which created the offence of intentional disruption of services at an aerodrome such that it ‘endangers or is likely to endanger the safe operation of the aerodrome or the safety of persons at the aerodrome’, had to be interpreted restrictively in the light of the Montreal
