R v Commissioners of Inland Revenue, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agencies Ltd and Others and related applications

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date07 July 1989
Date07 July 1989
CourtDivisional Court
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314 cases
  • Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Hely-Hutchinson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 July 2017
    ...and devoid of relevant qualification", according to Bingham LJ in R v Inland Revenue Comrs, Ex p MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd [1990] 1 WLR 1545, 1569, cited with approval by Lord Hoffmann in R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) [2009] AC 453, para 60.......
  • Scott Henley-Smith v Secretary of State for Justice
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 28 July 2017
    ...and devoid of relevant qualification": per Bingham LJ in R v Inland Revenue Commissioners ex parte MFK Underwriting Agencies Ltd [1990] 1 WLR 1545, at 1569G. I do not accept the Claimant's submission that this is an exceptional case where this requirement can be dispensed with. 86 In my jud......
  • The Queen (on the Application of Sailesh Patel) v General Medical Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 March 2013
    ...a legitimate expectation it must be "clear, unambiguous and devoid of relevant qualification". ( R. v. IRC, ex parte MFK Underwriting [1990] 1 WLR 1545, per Bingham L.J. at p. 1569 G-H; R v. IRC, ex parte Unilever plc [1996] STC 681.) As Miss Grey QC submits on behalf of the GMC, this requi......
  • Ian Cameron & Others v HM Revenue and Customs
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 8 May 2012
    ...Corkteck Ltd v R & C CommrsUNKVAT [2009] EWHC 785 (Admin); [2009] BVC 378 R v IR Commrs, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agencies LtdTAXWLR [1989] BTC 561; [1990] 1 WLR 1545 R v IR Commrs, ex parte PrestonTAXELR [1985] BTC 208; [1985] 1 AC 835 R v Secretary of State for Education and Employment, ......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Anguilla High Court Quashes Executive Council's Refusal To Grant Alien Landholding Licence On Basis Of Legitimate Expectation
    • Anguilla
    • Mondaq Anguilla
    • 23 July 2014
    ...irrelevant and/or improper considerations. Footnote 1 R v Board of Inland Revenue ex parte M.F.K. Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and others [1990] 1 ALL ER 91,110; The A-G of Hong Kong v Ng Yeun Shiu [1983] 2 ALL ER 346; R v North and East Devon Health Authority Ex parte Coughlan [2001] QB 213;......
  • Leaving on a jet plane
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 8 July 2010
    ...expectation, but there must be a 'clear, unambiguous and unqualified representation' to a taxpayer (R v IRC, ex p MFK Underwriting [1990] 1 WLR 1545 at 1569 (Bingham LJ)). Unfortunately for the appellants, they could point to only one letter from one inspector to a particular practitioner t......
7 books & journal articles
  • Popular Names Index to UK Cases and EU Legislation and Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Legal Research. A Practitioner's Handbook - 3rd Edition Appendices
    • 30 August 2019
    ...approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC (OJ 1980 L39/40) MFK Case R v Inland Revenue Commissioners, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd [1990] 1 WLR 1545 Page 426 426 Legal Research: A Practitioner’s Handbook......
  • SUBSTANTIVE LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2014, December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...‘clear, unambiguous and devoid of relevant qualification': see Bingham LJ in R v Inland Revenue Comrs, Ex p MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd[1990] 1 WLR 1545, 1569. It is not essential that the applicant should have relied upon the promise to his detriment, although this is a relevant considerat......
  • Judicial Enforcement of Social Rights in a Comparative Perspective
    • Ireland
    • Irish Judicial Studies Journal No. 3-22, December 2022
    • 1 December 2022
    ...Revenue Commissioners, ex parte Preston [1985] AC 835, 851; R v Inland Revenue Commissioners, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd [1990] 1 WLR 1545. 39 R v North and East Devon Health Authority, ex parte Coughlan [2001] QB 213. 40 Alison Young ‘Stuck at a crossroad? Substantive legitimate ......
  • A Changing Role for the Administrative Law of Taxation
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Social & Legal Studies No. 24-2, June 2015
    • 1 June 2015
    ...v. Inspectorate of Pollution ex parte Greenpeace (no.2) [1994] 4 All ER 329 HC (‘Greenpeace’).R v. IRC ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents [1990] 1 All ER 91 CA (‘MFK’).R v. IRC ex parte National Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses [1982] AC 617 (‘Fleet Street Casuals’). R v. IRC ......
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