6 Nov 2009
INTERASIA BAG MANUFACTURERS LTD v. THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE
- Citation
- INTERASIA BAG MANUFACTURERS LTD v. THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV400/2004
The Court exercised its discretion to strike out the Notice of Appeal for want of prosecution because the appellant had not fixed a hearing date since 2005, correspondence was returned undelivered, no solicitors remained on record and the appellant gave no indication of intending to pursue the appeal; alternatively the appeal was an abuse of process and academic because the tax assessment had become final and conclusive after exhaustion of Part XI remedies, rendering the relief sought moot. Costs were awarded to the Commissioner on a gross basis and ordered to be paid from the security for co…