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13/8/2010 Court of Appeal delivers compound interest judgment in test VAT case

John Wilkins (Motor Engineers) Ltd and others  v HMRC [2010] EWCA Civ 923 These appeals are part of a growing area of litigation in which taxpayers who have ...

29/3/2010 HMRC win £136m VIC GLO VAT test claims in Court of Appeal

Monckton barristers Peter Mantle and Philip Woolfe acted for HMRC in their successful defence of the first group litigation in VAT to reach trial.  This should end a group of claims valued at around £136 million. The Court of ...

29/1/2010 American Express Appeal Dismissed

The High Court has today given judgment in a VAT appeal concerning single/multiple supplies and issues concerning place of supply of services. The Court dismissed an appeal by a UK based American Express company in relation to supplies of real ...

24/9/2009 John Wilkins (Motor Engineers) Limted and others v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

In the first case heard in the new Upper Tier Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber), the Tribunal, Warren J presiding, dismissed appeals brought by motor traders seeking compound interest from the Commissioners under s 78 VATA 1994 in respect of ...