Argosy Company Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioner

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1971
Date1971
Year1971
CourtPrivy Council
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  • Stewarts Hardware v Commissioner of General Consumption Tax ; Dominion House Ltd v Commissioner of General Consumption Tax [Consolidated Suits]
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 30 June 2005
    ...what he had said earlier about the assessment not being made capriciously. The other decision of the Privy Council was in Argosv Co. Ltd. v Inland Revenue Comr. [1971] I WLR 514. The legislation which was there under consideration was the Income Tax Ordinance of Guyana in which again the wo......
  • Rahman (t/a Khayam Restaurant) v Commissioners of Customs and Excise
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 11 June 1998
    ...the Solicitor for Customs and Excise) for the Crown. The following cases were referred to in the judgment: Argosy Co Ltd v IR Commrs WLR[1971] 1 WLR 514 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury CorporationELR[1948] 1 KB 223 C & E Commrs v John Dee Ltd VAT[1995] BVC 361 Commr of......
  • Van Boeckel v Commissioners of Customs and Excise
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 18 December 1980
    ...not being made capriciously. The other decision of the Privy Council was in the case of Argosy Co. Ltd. v. I. R. Commrs. WLR[1971] 1 W. L. R. 514. The legislation which was there under consideration was the Income Tax Ordinance of Guyana in which again the words "to the best of his judgment......
  • Couldwell Concrete Flooring Ltd v The Commissioners For Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, TC 05503
    • United Kingdom
    • First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
    • 22 November 2016
    ...15 involve an element of guesswork. It means simply "to the best of (their) judgment on the information available" (Argosy Co v IRC [1971] 1 WLR 514, 517 per Lord Donovan).” 146. He added at [16]: “In Rahman v Customs & Excise Commissioners [1998] STC 826, I 20 drew attention to phrases use......
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