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12 decisions turning on restoration of seized vehicle.
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, Mrs Margaret Williams, was the registered owner of a Mercedes Benz E220 which was stopped by officers of the Director of Border Revenue at Dover Eastern Docks on 8 May 2010. Her husband, Mr Gareth Williams, was…
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…
The appellant, Dynamic Construction Ltd, appealed against a review decision of the Commissioners dated 8 August 2005 offering restoration of a Ford Transit van, registration R636 OAD, on payment of a fee of £1,150. On 16 May 2005…
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, Konstantin Darscht, was an owner-driver of a tractor unit and trailer who worked for a company called Seifert Logistics. On 4 July 2005 he collected loads at Schalchen in Austria, Ulm and Oberkirch, loading pallets…
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…
Euroworld Distribution Services, a business set up by Ali (Jaffery) Maleek in March 2003, initially imported soft drinks from Egypt before deciding to move into the import of beer and spirits, obtaining the appropriate…
Mr K A Frazer appealed against a decision of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, communicated on review by letter of 13 February 2002, refusing to restore to him a Renault Laguna car seized on 25 November 2001. At about 1.25…