Life On The Line: How to Lose a Million and So Much More

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This is the harrowing and moving story of how one man's life fell apart spectacularly because of his addiction to gambling and how he finally managed to conquer his demons. The Sheriff Principal having resumed consideration of the cause refuses the appeal and adheres to the sheriff's interlocutor complained of dated 14 March 2002; remits the cause to the sheriff to proceed as accords; continues the cause to the Miscellaneous Procedure Roll of 20 September 2002 at 10. I have no doubt that the occupation of the defender, namely that of professional footballer, is a trade or profession. Thus it was argued that there was no managerial act in the defender entering into an arrangement designed to increase his income.

The only question is whether Mr and Mrs Apostolakis were engaging in the trade of foreign exchange contracts as such. The decisive factor is, therefore, not the personal circumstances of the individual but rather his position under a particular contract, having regard to its scope and purpose". In a subsequent dispute Mr Benicasa contended that when he concluded the franchise agreement he was not carrying on a business and that therefore he should be regarded as a consumer within the meaning of Article 13 of the Brussels Convention. b) the commercial exploitation of the (defender's) identity and profile whether by way of promotional or sponsorship contracts or otherwise".

It is in my view a bold step to make any assumption in that regard in all but the clearest of cases. In the context of these observations the agent for the defender stressed that his client was the ultimate consumer; the contract was for the purpose of satisfying his own needs - he was not "trading on". You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. If it is, it is not disputed that this court has no jurisdiction in the present case as the defender does not have his domicile in Glasgow. I have equally no doubt that this agreement, which is a contract of agency, is one in which the defender appointed the pursuers to act on his behalf in all matters relating to the carrying on of that profession, including the all important aspect of getting him a contract of employment in the first place.

The specific protection sought to be afforded by those provisions is unwarranted in the case of contracts for the purpose of trade or professional activity, even if that activity is only planned for the future, since the fact that activity is in the nature of a future activity does not divest it in any way of its trade or professional character". Visit our extensive Photo Section which will rekindle the memories of your favourite players in action.

The defenders were domiciled outwith the jurisdiction of Glasgow Sheriff Court but prorogated its jurisdiction. He played forever in the Scottish league probably why I never heard of him before but an honest account and a nice guy deep down. Whilst that case involves a wholly different definition of "consumer contract" the agent for the defender referred to a passage in the opinion of Lord Caplan (at p 1209) where he dealt with the question of whether the pursuer was dealing "in the course of a business".