Greenalls Management Ltd v Customs & Excise Commisssioners [2005] UKHL 34 (House of Lords)

Citation:

[2005] All ER (D) 173 (May) and [2005] UKHL 34

Judgment Date:

12 May 2005

Robert Venables QC and Rory Mullan (instructed by Dorsey & Whitney) for the respondent. 

Customs and Excise – Excise duty – Excise duty point – Determination of excise duty point – Excise Goods (Holding, Movement, Warehousing and REDS) Regulations 1992, SI 1992/3135, reg 4(2) – Council Directive (EEC) 92/12.

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