Cheques to buy gambling chips were drawn on a bank which, to the knowledge of the punter but not of the club, did not exist. The gambler said that the cheques amounted to the giving of credit under the Act and that the transactions were void.
Held: The instruments were cheques and that the non-existence of the bank, unknown to the club, did not make them in breach of section 16.
Judges:
Hobhouse J
Citations:
Times 30-Jun-1982
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Al-Zayat CA 19-Oct-2007
The claimant had sued the defendant for non-payment under a cheque for andpound;2 million. The cheque had been issued to replace earlier cheques given but not met, for sums staked for gambling at the claimant’s casino. The defendant said that the . .
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Contract
Updated: 06 December 2022; Ref: scu.259934
