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27 May 2016
Issue: 7700 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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University of Huddersfield Higher Education Corporation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] EWCA Civ 440, [2016] All ER (D) 104 (May)

The Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) that certain lease and leaseback arrangements entered into by the taxpayer university had constituted an “abuse of right” within the meaning given to that term by EU law.

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Practitioners have welcomed two autumn budget reforms relating to inheritance tax on pensions
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