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Prudential Assurance Co Limited v HMRC

[2013] EWHC 3249 (Ch)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Chancery Division (Henderson J)
Year2013
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Where UK rules taxing foreign portfolio dividends were contrary to EU law, the UK-resident corporate shareholder is entitled to a remedy by way of an appropriate foreign tax credit and to restitution of corporation tax unlawfully charged, subject to detailed quantification.

Area of Law

General

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