Although an insolvency case, the judgment of His Honour Judge Paul Matthews, sitting as a High Court Judge, in Broom v Aguilar [2024] EWHC 1764 (Ch) deals with a service issue of more general importance. Mrs Aguilar, a Spanish national,
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More about In re a companyPhoenix Tech Ltd had carried on business to defraud HMRC by participating in a kind of VAT fraud sometimes called “missing trader intra-community” fraud or “carousel” fraud. It had submitted a VAT return claiming the right to deduct VAT and
More about Hellard v KhanIn a helpful case on the Bankers Trust jurisdiction Adam Johnson J made an order for disclosure against an Israeli resident, having decided that the court had personal jurisdiction over him as a director of an English company who had
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