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Nick Arron - Solicitor
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Nick acts for a wide variety of leisure operators from large corporations to single site operators, including bookmakers, bingo operators, family entertainment centres and adult gaming centre arcades, clubs and gaming machine manufacturers and suppliers. His clients are from the terrestrial land based sector and on-line gambling world and Nick has particular expertise with web based operations. He advises major leisure companies including Haven Leisure Limited, Butlins, Warner, Namco, Park Dean and Tenpin.
Recent work which Nick has undertaken includes advice on casinos, an application to the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, Temporary Use Notices, split premises licence applications, prize competitions and lotteries, gaming machines in clubs, and gambling in pubs.
He sits on the Bourne Leisure Group Gambling Risk Management Committee and on the Executive Committee of the Bingo Association. He has written gambling law qualifications and regularly delivers training to local authority officers, councillors, the police, operators, Personal Management Licence Holders and staff involved in gaming, betting and lotteries.
Nick contributes regularly to the trade press, including The Publican, the Morning Advertiser and the BII Business magazine.
Latterly, Nick has developed our employment law service in conjunction Hutchinson’s Solicitors, which provides retail operators with the basic employment documentation for members of staff, information pertinent to the leisure industry and regular news updates. Please see the 'Employment' section of the site.
Nick’s IT knowledge led him to conceiving, developing and refining a secure on-line portal to the firms database for clients which is effective and acts as a 24/7 window on their files held at the firm. Find out more about Licence2View
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My recent activity
- DCMS to consultant on licensing overseas on-line gambling operators
- Foreign gambling websites to be licensed.
- Mixed News on Taxation and Test Purchasing
- Betting shops continue to struggle preventing underage gambling
- Holiday Basics
- A run through of what you need to know in relation to your staff and their holiday entitlements.
- Duty to Carry Out or Follow Orders of the Employer
- A recent case involving an employment tribunal has highlighted an employee’s obligations to carry ou
- Increase in gaming machines stake & prize limits
- The DCMS have finally announced the increase in the stake and prizes for gaming machines.
- Changes On Using Tips To Pay National Minimum Wage Announced
- Using tips to make up staff pay to national minimum wage levels will no longer be legal