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8 decisions turning on own use.
The appellant, Mr John Robert Pascual, lived in Gateshead and had formerly worked on a North Sea oil platform on a high salary until an accident left him unemployable in that industry, though he retained substantial savings and…
The appellant, Global Foods Limited, traded from South Wales as a wholesaler of food and drink to small supermarkets. It had traded since 1988, employed 90 staff, operated a 60,000 square foot warehouse and had an annual turnover…
Glen Bennett travelled with two companions, Andrew Eades and Hector Walters, from their homes in Sheffield to Dover, took a ferry to France and then went on to Adinkerke in Belgium to buy tobacco goods, returning through Calais…
On 5 December 2003 Karen Bennett and her travelling companion, Richard Grimes, arrived at Dover on a ferry from France, and Customs officers seized 24.95 kg of hand rolling tobacco, 400 cigarettes and Mrs Bennett's car, which was…
The appellant, Ian Walton Dalziel, was stopped by H M Customs and Excise at Newcastle Airport on 26 August 2004 as he returned by air from Spain, and 7,000 cigarettes were seized from him on the footing that they were being…
Mr Alan Fagg, a disabled Plymouth resident living on benefits and a heavy smoker, took advantage of a newspaper offer of cheap day-trips by ferry from Plymouth to Santander in Spain, making five such journeys in early 2005. On 13…
Mr Alan Griffiths and his wife, Mrs Veronica Jean Griffiths, returned to the United Kingdom from Spain on 2 March 2004 bringing with them 14,620 cigarettes and 2 kilos of hand rolling tobacco. As travellers between European Union…
The appellant, Cheryll Scott, was stopped by Customs Officers at the UK Control Zone at Coquelles, France, on 16 June 2005 while driving her Vauxhall Vectra with three passengers, Mrs Gunn, Mrs Johnson and Mr Marriott, all…