After 27 years of full time fighting for my clients (and occasionally kung foo fighting too!) it’s time to make an announcement for change. From 1st November 2019, I am reducing my working days at CWD to just two. It’s time to give more time to my family (which at the moment they seem to…
The media coverage on Andy’s Betfred case gains more and more media coverage every day. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6419093/Bookmaker-Betfred-refuse-pay-1-7m-blackjack-jackpot-Lincolnshire-gambler.html
https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/6323/exclusive-lawyer-speaks-about-clients-17m-betfred-dispute
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1ff5086c-edd0-11e8-bea1-693d823de728
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-46281058
This High Court case, being managed at CWD by Peter Coyle and Paul Coleman, is attracting more media coverage. This is Peter’s interview on BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s Breakfast Show yesterday morning. Pay Up Betfred!
Andy Green from Lincoln won £1.7 mill playing Blackjack on his Betfred account on 26 January 2018. He was roundly congratulated by Betfred staff for days, but then faced the horror of hearing that a software malfunction meant that he had not won afterall. Ten months later, Betfred has still not disclosed evidence of the…
CWD’s employment department was delighted to hear about the re-instatement of Mark Phillips as an Academy coach at West Ham United FC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46181440 Mark has been much maligned in the press but he did not deserve to be dismissed from his post and it’s gratifying and quite refreshing to see an employer reach the right…
R v B – Isleworth Crown Court – Our client appeared for sentence, having earlier pleaded guilty to offences of racially aggravated harassment and criminal damage, following an incident on board an aircraft. At the initial hearing our client pleaded guilty to these offences. Despite strong submissions by defence counsel that the matter was suitable…
The CWD Crime Team has secured another successful client outcome – this time in relation to an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). This result illustrates the importance of securing legal advice before attendance on any HSE interview held ‘under caution’. We were instructed by a major building contractor, following an unexpected site…