The 12 crimes of Christmas – the legal woes of being Santa Claus

By Peter Vaughan, Associate Professor, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University

It’s the start of the Christmas holidays and we will soon be settling down to excitedly unpacking the contents of our stockings and unwrapping the gifts under the tree. But, amid all this fun and frivolity, the lawyer in me can’t help but wonder whether Father Christmas has thought his annual endeavour through.

So, with apologies to the original authors (and with a promise that I will not sing) let us take a look at the “12 crimes of Christmas”.

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