Graham Calvert, the greyhound trainer who sued William Hill for letting him carry on betting when he had asked them not to, lost his case in the High Court today. The judge ruled that William Hill owed no general duty of care to Mr Calvert, who lost over £2 million with the bookmakers.
We hope Mr Calvert had some insurance to cover his costs – betting on the law can be very expensive!
You can read our previous story on this case that was posted on 16th February.
About Giles
Giles is the founder and managing director of ContractStore. It was his idea to set up a company selling documents online and he has played a major part in the company's development.
He is an English solicitor, with over thirty years' experience of drafting and negotiating commercial and construction contracts in the UK and overseas. He has long been convinced that there is a quicker and simpler approach to the delivery and supply of most contracts, and he is an active proponent of the use of plain English in legal documents. He specialises in the drafting of construction and engineering contracts and as well as contributing contracts to the ContractStore website, he is co-author of the JCT Constructing Excellence Contract publiushed in 2007 (and its predecessor, the Be Collaborative Contract, which is available online from ContractStore).
