Premier legal services for high-stakes gambling disputes
Gardner Leader has a leading gambling practice. Our gambling team is particularly known for representing high-rolling punters in disputes with bookmakers, commission agents, regulatory bodies and in disputes with other punters. Crucially our lawyers have a thorough understanding of the realities of gambling from the ground-up as well as the technical aspects of the laws, rules and regulations which apply.
We have acted in the full range of disputes that can arise in connection with gambling including disputes over regulatory duties and source of funds, stolen funds, disputes over the terms of bets, disputes over liability between punters, responsible gambling issues and a wide variety of bookmaker ‘terms and conditions’ disputes. We have successfully recovered sums from most of the major operators and are one of the very few firms to have acted in a high court trial concerning the terms of a high-stakes bet (Longley v Paddy Power). Our gambling team also has experience of dealing with spread-betting disputes relating both to sports and financial products.
Supporting independent bookmakers with expert legal advice
We also act for independent bookmakers in a variety of contexts including in connection with corporate, commercial, licensing, employment and regulatory advice and on white label agreements.
Our gambling team is highly regarded within the industry and its members are often asked to appear in specialist media and have appeared on, among other things, Star Sports’ Betting People and the Smart Betting Club podcast.