Advice for Travellers

Monday, 9th June 2008

HMRC have released a new podcast, by HMRC customs expert Mark Fuchter, who explains goods you can, and can’t, bring back from abroad.

Appleby newsletter

Friday, 30th May 2008

I have been sent a copy of the email newsletter published by Bermudian international firm Appleby.

Burden v The United Kingdom - Grand Chamber decision

Tuesday, 29th April 2008

The decision of the Grand Chamber in the case of Burden v The United Kingdom has been published. The sisters lost again. The initial objections of the UK Government as to the sisters’ victim status and exhaustion of domestic remedies were dismissed but the main claim by the sisters, that there was a violation of Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, was also dismissed, by a majority of 15 to 2.