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Emily Sheard

Senior Associate

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Emily Sheard

Senior Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Emily Sheard is a Senior Associate in the Litigation and Arbitration team with a focus in the technology, media and gambling sectors. She has worked with various clients on business-critical disputes relating to a variety of causes of action, including breach of contract, breach of confidence, unlawful means conspiracy and fraud. 

Emily also has experience dealing with publication-related and reputation management issues, involving defamation, privacy and data protection law, and supports gambling operators with contentious legal and regulatory issues, such as Gambling Commission investigations and licence reviews.

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Relevant experience

  • Part of the team advising on a case revolutionising information and data law, and which won the Corporate & Commercial Litigation Team of the Year at the Commercial Litigation & Arbitration Awards 2019 for innovation (The Racing Partnership v Sports Information Services [2020] EWCA Civ 1300; [2019] EWHC 1156),
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Publications

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Education

  • 2021 -  Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection
  • 2015 - LPC, Distinction, University of Law 
  • 2014 - LLB Law, 1st Class Honours, University of Warwick 
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Expertise

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06/03/2024
Gambling Commission Consultation: Financial Penalties and Financial Key...
In­tro­duc­tion The Gambling Commission (the “GC”) has opened a consultation on proposed changes relating to financial penalties and financial key event reporting. The proposed changes to financial...
Law-Now Gambling
23/02/2024
Online operator Gamesys fined £6M for AML and social responsibility failures
On 10 January 2024,  the Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) announced that Gamesys Operations Limited (“Gamesys”) had been issued a £6 million fine after a compliance assessment in May 2022...
Law-Now Gambling
21/12/2023
Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment 2023
Introduction On 30 November 2023, the Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) published its latest risk assessment into money laundering and terrorist financing (the “Com­mis­sion’s Risk As­sess­ment”)...
Law-Now Gambling
14/11/2023
WFZ v BBC: The right to privacy in the context of police investigations
In the recent decision of WFZ v The British Broadcasting Corporation [2023] EWHC 1618, the judiciary showed willingness to step in to protect Article 6 (right to a fair trial) and Article 8 (right to...
Law-Now Media
07/11/2023
Stoute v News Group Newspapers [2023] EWCA Civ 523: No reasonable expectation...
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) (which the United Kingdom is a party to) provides that“[e]very­one has the right to respect for his private and family life”. As the...
Law-Now Media
02/11/2023
Gambling Commission announces changes to Licence Conditions and Codes of...
Following a consultation in February 2023, the Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) has confirmed that it will proceed with three key changes to its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (the...
Law-Now Gambling
26/10/2023
Gambling Commission Customer Interaction Guidance: Update
The Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) has updated the customer interaction guidance for remote gambling operators under Social Responsibility Code Provision (“SRCP”) 3.4.3 of the Licence...
Law-Now Gambling
19/10/2023
Gambling Commission White Paper Consultations: Regulatory Panels
Background On 26 July 2023, the Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) published its first set of a consultations in response to the White Paper published by the government in April 2023 which set...
Law-Now Gambling
25/09/2023
Gambling Commission suspends licence of online gambling operator In Touch...
The Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) announced on 1 September 2023 that it had immediately suspended the operating licences of In Touch Games Limited (“ITG”) in accordance with section 118(2)...
Law-Now Gambling
22/09/2023
Betfred (cash Betting) limited reaches regulatory settlement
On 18 July 2023, the Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) announced that it had reached a regulatory settlement with Done Bros (Cash Betting) Limited (“Betfred”), comprising a payment in lieu...
Law-Now Gambling
29/08/2023
William Hill Group businesses reach regulatory settlements
On 28 March 2023, the Gambling Commission (the “Com­mis­sion”) announced that it had reached regulatory settlements with WHG (International) Limited (“WHG”), Mr Green Limited (“MRG”) and William...
Law-Now Gambling
23/08/2023
32Red and Platinum Gaming fined £7.1m by the Gambling Commission
32Red Limited (“32Red”) and Platinum Gaming Limited (“Platinum Gaming”), which are both group companies of Kindred Group plc (“Kindred”),  have been issued warnings and a £7.1m financial...
Law-Now Gambling
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