Butlers Ship Stores Limited v HM Revenue and Customs; UTTC 13 Nov 2013

References: [2013] UKUT 564 (TCC)
Links: Bailii
UTTC EXCISE DUTY – disappearance of goods – excise duty point – tax warehouse – assessment on consignor – validity of assessment – abnormal and unforeseeable circumstances – force majeure – whether supervening principles of European Law of proportionality and/or legal certainty rendered assessments invalid – Council Directive 92/12/EEC, Arts 13, 14, 15 and 20 – validity of Regulation 7 of the Excise Duty Points (Duty Suspended Movements of Excise Goods) Regulations 2001