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Bloomsbury International Ltd v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hearings

England & Wales

24 Jul 2009 [2009] EWHC 1721 (QB); [2010] 1 CMLR 344, QBD (Hamblen J)

18 Mar 2010 [2010] EWCA Civ 263; [2010] 1 WLR 2117; [2010] 3 All ER 126; [2010] WLR (D) 80, CA (Mummery, Richards, Rimer LJJ)

15 Jun 2011 (Sea Fish Industry Authority intervening) [2011] UKSC 25; [2011] 1 WLR 1546; [2011] 4 All ER 721; [2011] 3 CMLR 32; [2011] WLR (D) 195; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Mance JJSC, Lord Collins of Mapesbury)

Subject Matter

FISHERY — Sea fishing — Levy — Statute empowering levy on sea fish and sea fish products “landed in the United Kingdom” — Subordinate legislation imposing levy on sea fish and sea fish products imported from outside United Kingdom — Whether ultra vires — Whether levy on imported sea fish products charge having equivalent effect to customs duty — Fisheries Act 1981 (as amended by Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy Powers) Order, art 2), ss 2(1), 4(3), 14(2) — Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) Regulations 1995 Confirmatory Order 1996, Sch, para 4 — FEU Treaty, arts 28FEU, 30FEU, 110FEU

[2010] EWCA Civ 263; [2010] 1 WLR 2117; [2010] 3 All ER 126; [2010] WLR (D) 80, CA

[2011] UKSC 25; [2011] 1 WLR 1546; [2011] 4 All ER 721; [2011] 3 CMLR 32; [2011] WLR (D) 195; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Bloomsbury International Ltd v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2010] EWCA Civ 263; [2010] 1 WLR 2117; [2010] 3 All ER 126; [2010] WLR (D) 80, CA

Decision of Hamblen J reversed

Bloomsbury International Ltd v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2010] EWCA Civ 263; [2010] 1 WLR 2117; [2010] 3 All ER 126; [2010] WLR (D) 80, CA

Bloomsbury International Ltd v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2010] EWCA Civ 263; [2010] 1 WLR 2117; [2010] 3 All ER 126; [2010] WLR (D) 80, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Bloomsbury International Ltd v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2011] UKSC 25; [2011] 1 WLR 1546; [2011] 4 All ER 721; [2011] 3 CMLR 32; [2011] WLR (D) 195; Case details, SC(E)

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