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TONY COLES Senior Partner |
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Tony Coles is Senior Partner with Jeffrey Green Russell, one of the leading firms of London lawyers dealing with leisure, gaming and related activities. Tony Coles has been advising on betting and gaming law since the
mid As well as his extensive legal practice, Tony Coles is also sought as a regular speaker at International Conferences. He also co-chairs the Annual International Symposium on Internet Gambling Law and Management.  Anthony R. ColesJeffrey Green Russell Solicitors Apollo House 56 New Bond Street London W1S 1RG England Tel: 011 44 20 7339 7000 Fax: 011 44 20 7307 0240 Fax Main: 011 44 20 7339 7001 Website: www.jgrweb.com |
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JOHN HAGANPartnerHarris Hagan Alderman's House Alderman's Walk London EC2M 3UJ United Kingdom Direct: + +44 20 7337 2252 Main: + 44-20 7337 2250 Mobile: + 44-7884 183115 Fax: + 44-20 7337 2259 E-mail: hagan@harrishagan.com Website: http://harrishagan.com/ |
Partner and founder with Julian Harris of the first ever niche gambling and leisure law firm in the UK, located in the City of London.  The firm represents many of the world’s largest gambling and leisure operators in all areas of land based and remote gambling. The firm is frequently instructed by other leading City and overseas law firms to provide specialist gambling and leisure expertise in relation to substantial transactions. John is a Trustee of GamCare. |
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| AFFILIATED MEMBERS - COUNSEL | |||
NICK NOCTONPartnerJeffrey Green Russell Waverley House 7-12 Noel Street London W1F 8GQ England Tele: +44 207 339 7000 Fax: +44 207 307 0231 Cell: +44 778 070 8558 E-mail: njn@jgrlaw.co.uk Website: www.jgrweb.com |
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BILL GALSTONGalston Associates“Highwells” Cottage 46 Front Street North Trimdon Village, County Durham TS29 6PG United Kingdom Tel: +44 1429 881 908 Cell: +44 7802 963627 E-mail: GalstonAssociates@compuserve.com |
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Dr. JASON LANEDirector of Regulatory ServicesThe States of Jersey Department for Economic Development Liberation Place St. Helier, Jersey JE2 1BB Great Britain Tele: +44 1534 44 8133 Fax: +44 1534 44 8171 Cell: +44 7797 73 7014 E-mail: j.lane@gov.je Website: www.edd.gov.je |
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| TEXT NAVIGATION OF JURISDICTIONS | |||
| UK Web Links | |||
| BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE GAMBLING ACT 2005 (PDF) | |||
| UK Deregulation | |||
| www.culture.gov.uk is the website of the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which has overall control of the Betting & Gaming industries in the UK. | |||
| DCMS Gamling Report www.culture.gov.uk/pdf/gambling_report_pgs.pdf. The DCMS website also contains a number of helpful (if basic) FAQs and other background information on the industry. | |||
| Regulator | |||
| The Gaming Board for Great Britain's website is at www.gbgb.org.uk. Material on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The material may be downloaded to file or printer without requiring specific prior permission. Any other proposed use of the material is subject to the approval of HMSO's Copyright Unit. Application should be made to the Copyright Unit, HMSO, St Clements House, 2 - 16 Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1BQ Tel: 01603 621000 Fax 01603 723000 or complete the on-line application form. As the Gaming Board also issues Certificates of Consent for bingo and casino operators, authorises "society" and local authority lotteries, and issues licences for gaming machine suppliers and employees in the bingo and casino industries, a number of useful forms for such applications (and information leaflets) can be found online at www.gbgb.org.uk/forms.html. Also, the local Gaming Board issues guidelines for the casino industry, together with advice to licensing committees, which form a crucial part of the licencing process. These guidelines and advices, together with the regulator's annual report, machine guidelines, licensing fees, FAQs, information on internet gambling in the UK and bingo, together with a raft of other helpful information can all be found on the Gaming Board website. |
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| Other Useful Links | |||
| The British Amusement and Catering Trades Association can be found at www.bacta.org.uk. | |||
| The British Casino Association site may be found at www.britishcasinoassociation.org.uk. | |||
| GamCare, which focuses on problem gambling, has a website at www.gamcare.org.uk. | |||
| The Gaming Regulators European Forum are at www.gref.net. | |||
| Information on gaming duty may be found on the HM Customs & Excise site at www.hmce.gov.uk. | |||
| Details on UK corporation and other taxes may be found at the Inland Revenue site on www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk. | |||
| Certain forms, including application forms for casino licences (which must be submitted to licencing justices and not the Gaming Board), may be obtained from HM Stationery Office at www.hmso.gov.uk. | |||
| Local government information may be found at www.info4local.gov.uk | |||
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1960's
and represents, amongst many other clients, a number of major corporations.
As well as being a member of the International Masters of Gaming
Law, Tony Coles is a member of the International Association of
Gaming Attorneys ("IAGA"), the Society for the Study of Gambling
and the European Association for the Study of Gambling. He sits
on the Editorial Board of Gaming Law Review. He has contributed
the United Kingdom segment to all editions of the highly acclaimed
"Internet Gambling Report" which has become the definitive legal
resource on Internet Gambling since its first printing in 1997.