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28 September 2017
Issue: 7763 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Customs & excise

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Ahmed (trading as Beehive Stores) [2017] UKUT 359 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 90 (Sep)

The Revenue and Customs Commissioner successfully appealed against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (the FTT) to order the review of the Revenue’s decision to revoke the respondent taxpayer’s registration as a registered owner trading duty suspended alcohol. The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) held that the FTT had erred by failing to engage adequately with the reasons for the Revenue’s decision and the background against which it had been made.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fieldfisher—Julian Balson

Fieldfisher—Julian Balson

Indirect tax investigations and litigation specialist strengthens contentious tax offering

DMH Stallard—Seb Jones

DMH Stallard—Seb Jones

DMH Stallard makes Magic Circle hire

TV Edwards—Sarah Inchley, Caroline Andrews & Cheryl Thompson

TV Edwards—Sarah Inchley, Caroline Andrews & Cheryl Thompson

Three new Heads announced at leading London-based law firm

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A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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