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Alison Lovejoy

Unjust enrichment

Last week we published an article by Anbreen Khan (see page 11 of Issue 969) about Marks & Spencer's final victory in a 14-year-long litigation about teacakes which culminated in an issue concerning unjust enrichment and discrimination under UK law. Anbreen mentioned an expected HMRC Brief on the subject in her article and that appeared in time to be included in the news section of the same issue (see page 2 of Issue 969).

Anbreen says:

'Whilst the Brief is a welcome clarification of HMRC's policy — in particular because it recognises the judgment of the ECJ in inviting claims prior to May 2005 — nevertheless the brevity of it leaves room for ambiguity. For example it is not clear what “relevant time limits” the...

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Unjust enrichment

Anbreen says:

'Whilst the Brief is a welcome clarification of HMRC's policy — in particular because it recognises the judgment of the ECJ in inviting claims prior to May 2005 — nevertheless the brevity of it leaves room for ambiguity. For example it is not clear what “relevant time limits” the...

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