Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 94 (Nov)
Neutral Citation: [2003] EWHC 2552 (Ch)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Patten J

Representation Alison Foster QC and Eamon McNicholas (instructed by the Solicitor for Customs & Excise) for the commissioners.
  Eleanor Sharpston QC and Jeremy Woolf (instructed by Philippsohn Crawfords Berwald) for the company.
Judgment Dates: 7 November 2003

Catchwords

Value added tax - Assessment - Assessment to best of commissioners' judgment - Tribunal deciding assessment not made to best judgment - Correctness of decision.

The Case

The court allowed the commissioners' appeal on the ground that the VAT and Duties Tribunal misdirected itself and misapplied the law on best judgment.

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