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Thin Cap GLO Judgment

 
Michael Anderson Partner and Philippe Freund Barrister both of Dorsey & Whitney (Europe) LLP report on the recent High Court judgment in the Thin Cap GLO. Dorsey & Whitney are lead solicitors for the claimants
 
On 17 November 2009 Henderson J handed down his judgment in the Thin Cap Group Litigation. This judgment followed a preliminary reference to the ECJ in December 2004 following which the Advocate-General delivered his Opinion in June 2006 and the ECJ gave judgment on 13 March 2007 Case C-524/04 [2007] STC 906. The judgment clearly establishes that where transactions were for genuinely commercial purposes the thin cap rules should be disapplied.
Summary of the Case So Far
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