Aspinall's Club Ltd. v Al-Zayat, Court of Appeal - Commercial Court, February 28, 2007, [2007] EWHC 362 (Comm)

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President: Aspinall's Club Ltd. v Al-Zayat

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Aspinall's Club Ltd. v Al-Zayat, Court of Appeal - Commercial Court, February 28, 2007, [2007] EWHC 362 (Comm)

Neutral Citation Number: [2007] EWHC 362 (Comm)

Case No: 2006 Folio No. 169

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

COMMERCIAL COURT

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 28th February 2007

Before :

MR JUSTICE DAVID STEEL

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Between :

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Patrick Goodall (instructed by Beachcroft LLP) for the Claimant

David Lord (instructed by Quastels Avery Midgen) for the Defendant

Hearing date: 26 January 2007

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Judgment

Mr Justice David Steel :

1. The Claimant is a well known gambling club. The Defendant is a wealthy man with a penchant for gambling who joined the club in October 1994. The scale of both his wealth and his gambling instincts are revealed by the fact that between October 1994 and April 2006, the Defendant visit...

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