Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Prohibited importation of cosmetics without prior regulatory registration attracts seizure and confiscation; warehousing or re export claims do not cu...
Provisional release on security permitted where cash deposit plus bond secures differential duty; classification and treaty benefits referred for deci...
To establish fraudulent trading the tribunal must find transactions knowingly made with dishonest intent to defraud creditors, while wrongful trading targets directors or partners who knew or ought to have known insolvency was inevitable and failed to minimize creditor loss; the tribunal applied these distinct standards and found false entries and collusion between the corporate debtor and the counterparty, concluding receivables were wiped out without actual sales. Evidence met the civil standard of preponderance of probability on these facts, relevant earlier appellate and Supreme Court affirmations were noted, and the appeal was dismissed with the direction for contribution to the corporate debtor's assets.
To establish fraudulent trading the tribunal must find transactions knowingly made with dishonest intent to defraud creditors, while wrongful trading targets directors or partners who knew or ought to have known insolvency was inevitable and failed to minimize creditor loss; the tribunal applied these distinct standards and found false entries and collusion between the corporate debtor and the counterparty, concluding receivables were wiped out without actual sales. Evidence met the civil standard of preponderance of probability on these facts, relevant earlier appellate and Supreme Court affirmations were noted, and the appeal was dismissed with the direction for contribution to the corporate debtor's assets.
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