Barnes (Inspector of Taxes) v Hely Hutchinson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1939
Year1939
CourtHouse of Lords

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9 cases
  • Canadian Eagle Oil Company v The King; Selection Trust Ltd v Devitt (Inspector of Taxes)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 July 1945
    ...of Ordinary Shares alone, a practice which was not disapproved by the House of Lords in Barnes v. Hely-Hutchinson [1940] A.C.81; 22 Tax Cases 655. At a later stage, however, in 1940, in deference to certain observations made in that case, the proportion for repayment was calculated only in......
  • Anson v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 July 2015
    ...(1881) 7 QBD 562. 65 Some limits to the scope of the decision in Gilbertson v Fergusson were set by the House of Lords in Barnes v Hely Hutchinson [1940] AC 81. The case differed in two respects from Gilbertson v Fergusson. First, UK taxes had not been paid by the overseas company paying th......
  • Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Reid's Trustees
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 20 January 1949
    ...the Act imposes tax in unambiguous terms. It is impossible to escape it by reference to some overriding principle." In Barnes v. Hely Hutchison [1940] A.C. 81, a case dealing with the liability to tax of a British shareholder in a foreign company, Lord Wright (92) said: "I do not think for ......
  • Bye v Coren
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 July 1986
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