“Suspected counterfeit goods being brought into the UK can be destroyed without going to court if the importer fails to object, according to new rules put in place by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th April 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Court of Appeals has asked Europe’s highest court to rule on whether UK authorities can seize counterfeit goods passing through the UK and allow brand owners to take legal action against the companies behind the fakes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Thousands of tobacco smugglers could be due compensation because their assets were wrongly confiscated, customs officials have admitted.”
BBC News, 20th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Matalan Retail Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2009] EWHC 2046 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 283
“Where a classification for duty purposes had been allocated to imported swimwear but was then revised and corrected, the VAT & Duties Tribunal and Revenue and Customs were not precluded by the doctrines of estoppel or abuse of process from retaining the monetary difference between the correct higher rates paid and the sums which would have been due under the original classification.”
WLR Daily, 10th August 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“UK Border controls were strengthened today as thousands of customs and immigration officers, sharing wide ranging powers, created a new unified force at the border following Royal Assent of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Regina v Khan Regina v Lockett; Regina v Carrington
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Confiscation orders made under old regulations in tobacco-smuggling cases had to be quashed because the prosecuting authority had overlooked the fact that new regulations had narrowed the categories of persons liable to pay excise duty.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions v N E Plastics Ltd [2008] WLR(D); [2008] WLR (D) 236
“For the purposes of s 146A(3) Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 matters within the knowledge of officers of HM Revenue and Customs were not to be imputed to the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions, so that the period for the commencement of summary proceedings started only when sufficient evidence to warrant proceedings came to the attention of the Director or his staff.”
WLR Daily, 14th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A former landscape gardener, accused of smuggling tobacco in his car from Belgium, has won a £20,000 legal battle with Customs officials to get the vehicle back.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Border, immigration, customs and visa checks are all handled by the new UK Border Agency.”
Home Office, 3rd April 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The new customs and immigration body, the UK Border Agency, was officially launched by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, today.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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