Sempra Metals Ltd. (formerly Metallgesellschaft Ltd.) v. Inland Revenue Commissioners and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 20th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Sempra Metals Ltd. (formerly Metallgesellschaft Ltd.) v. Inland Reveune Commissioners and another [2007] UKHL 34

“The time had come to recognise that the courts had jurisdiction to award compound interest to a claimant seeking restitution of money paid under mistake when such an award would achieve a just result.”

WLR Daily, 18th July 2007

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