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Original news J Toomey Motors Ltd and Another v Chevrolet UK Ltd [2017] EWHC 276 (Comm) What should commercial lawyers take note of? Commercial practitioners should note the following: The court confirmed (in line with established authority) that a recital expressing intention, without operative effect, cannot override the contract’s operative terms. When applying the ‘commercial or practical coherence’ test for implying terms after the Supreme Court’s decision in Marks and Spencer v BNP Paribas, the court emphasised that coherence must be determined objectively from the viewpoint of the ‘officious bystander’, not merely one party’s standpoint. The court dismissed reliance on a course of dealing as an independent ground for implied terms, noting that although prior dealings may inform whether a term is to be implied, they do not create a separate category of implied terms solely by reason of such dealings. The implications for those drafting or advising on franchise agreements are that: particular care should be...

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This Practice Note introduces freezing injunctions, explaining what they are and the different types that can be applied for. For guidance on making and responding to an application for a freezing injunction, see the following resources listed in this section: Practice Note: Freezing injunctions—the application Practice Note: Freezing injunctions—the draft order Applying for a freezing injunction—checklist Responding to a freezing injunction—checklist Precedent: Affidavit in support of a freezing injunction Precedent: Affidavit in opposition to the continuation of a freezing injunction granted without notice For examples of judgments addressing these principles in more detail, see the following Practice Notes listed below: Freezing injunctions—illustrative decisions Freezing injunctions—key and illustrative decisions (2020–2024) [Archived] What is a freezing injunction? A freezing injunction (or freezing order) is an interim order restraining a respondent from taking assets out of the jurisdiction (ie England and Wales) and/or from dealing with assets wherever they are situated (CPR 25.1(1)(f)). Freezing...

Except where an exemption or relief applies, payments of: annual interest (or amounts that tax rules treat as annual interest), and that have a UK source must be made under deduction, with the payer required to withhold and account to HMRC for UK income tax at the basic rate (20%) or, from 6 April 2027, at the savings basic rate (22%) (for more detail, see Practice Note: UK withholding tax on yearly interest). This Practice Note describes the duty to deduct (and account to HMRC for) UK income tax from UK‑source annual interest as a withholding tax, even though it is in substance a mechanism for collecting UK income tax from the UK‑based payer rather than from the recipient who: is the beneficial owner of the income, and is likely to be based outside the UK For more information on the requirement to deduct UK income tax from UK‑source annual interest, see Practice Note: Administration...

Why is the exemption for financial services important? VAT is a significant issue for organisations in the financial sector, as the provision of certain financial services to customers located in the UK is exempt from UK VAT. This matters because: businesses do not levy VAT on services that fall within the exemption; and those businesses cannot recover input VAT on supplies they receive in the course of making an onward exempt supply The financial services exemption from VAT The UK VAT exemption for financial services stems from the relevant provisions of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (the VAT Directive). These provisions have been enacted into UK law through Schedule 9, Pt II, Group 5 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (VATA 1994), which lists the items that qualify for exemption. This Practice Note concentrates on the exemptions for services within the categories of ‘dealing with money’ (item 1 of Group 5) and ‘operating a bank account’ (item 8 of Group 5). The...

We proceed on the basis that the company is UK-resident and that the dividend is not being made between companies within the same group for tax purposes. When analysing the tax consequences for the distributing company, the initial enquiry is to determine whether the transaction sits within the statutory rules on loan relationships or, alternatively, within the corporation tax provisions dealing with chargeable gains. In the ordinary course, a loan note held by a company is regarded, for tax purposes, as a loan relationship, and is treated in line with that classification...