Yellow v Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
Decision date: 30 September 2009
Neutral citation: [2009] UKFTT 259 (TC)
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Short overview
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This case records procedural rulings in an appeal by Yellow against HMRC. The tribunal dismissed Yellow's application, upheld HMRC's application, and ordered that Yellow's appeal be joined with and heard together with Blue's appeal. The tribunal declined to make immediate directions about an extension of time for service of a list of documents, inviting the parties to agree or to apply later.
Ratio decidendi
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The tribunal exercised its procedural discretion to dismiss the appellant's application, to join related appeals to be heard together, and to defer making directions on an extension of time where the parties indicated agreement in principle and were invited to seek agreed directions or to apply later.
Obiter dicta
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The notes indicate the tribunal considered that parties agreeing in principle to an extension can justify delaying formal directions and encouraged the parties to seek agreed directions before the tribunal issues orders; this appears as non-binding commentary on case management practice.
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