R v Commissioners of Inland Revenue, ex parte T.C. Coombs & Company

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Mackay of Clashfern L.C.,Lord Oliver of Aylmerton,Lord Goff of Chieveley,Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle,Lord Lowry
Judgment Date14 February 1991
Judgment citation (vLex)[1991] UKHL J0214-1
Date14 February 1991
CourtHouse of Lords
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251 cases
  • PML Accounting Ltd v The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 7 April 2017
    ...authorities, not directly on point, that HMRC's information powers are "intrusive and potentially oppressive" ( R v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, ex parte T C Coombs & Co [1991] 2 A.C. 283) and that it has "a heavy responsibility when seeking to exercise their powers" ( R v. Inland Rev......
  • Tatiana Akhmedova v Farkhad Teimur Ogly Akhmedov
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 21 April 2021
    ...come to, the more balanced view expressed by Lord Lowry with the support of the rest of the committee in R v Inland Revenue Commissioners, Ex p TC Coombs & Co [1991] 2 AC 283, 300: “In our legal system generally, the silence of one party in face of the other party's evidence may convert tha......
  • Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 12 June 2013
    ...view expressed by Lord Lowry with the support of the rest of the committee in R v Inland Revenue Commissioners, Ex p TC Coombs & Co [1991] 2 AC 283, 300: "In our legal system generally, the silence of one party in face of the other party's evidence may convert that evidence into proof ......
  • Jaswinder Singh Bahia v Inderdeep Singh Sidhu (as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tara Singh Sidhu)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 12 April 2022
    ...a party's failure to rebut it”. Lord Sumption adopted the approach of Lord Lowry in Inland Revenue Commissioners Ex parte TC Coombs & Co [1991] 2 AC 283 at 300: “In our legal system generally, the silence of one party in face of the other party's evidence may convert that evidence into proo......
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