Well, I would love to write and tell everyone about loads of interesting new stuff, but not much has changed. Its just a case of turning up Monday and getting the hearing underway.
However, for those of you who would like a bit of background:
1. LIC submitted NO evidence to the Court at all!
2. Stanleys just submitted their company brochure + 1 page of stats on their card room as evidence
3. Gala submitted their brochure AND Stanley's company brochure (!) plus a few pages from the Gambling Act 2005
4. The 3 casinos met up recently to compare notes/discuss their strategy, apparently at the new LCI casino. I am told by a very reliable source that they now aim to discredit me in court to block
dtd. To be honest, there have been so many rumours getting back to me it has got very tiresome and boring.
5. I went to watch the Gala barristor in action in Bradford V Thistle Hotels, he was very clever and really put the screws on the Thistle Witnesses, although he hardly ever mentioned "DEMAND" (the only criteria the magistrstes consider in awarding a licence) he did manage to throw up plenty of "smoke screens" On this basis, I am sure that I and any other
dtd witnesses are in for a hard time in court.
6. The Gambling Commission have been absolutley great, they have sent a further 2 page letter directly addressed to the Magistrates on the 17th September which was copied into Gala, LCI and Stanleys. I can't say what was actually in it, but it was "music to my ears"
How can we lose this hearing? Dunno - however, the Casinos have already "won" by delaying us this far, so even if
dtd wins, I think the Casinos will still be pretty happy overall.
Cheers Rob