Forfeiture by H. M. Customs

We are assisting a haulage firm whose fleet of lorries has been seized by customs officials exercising their powers under section 141 of the Customs & Excise Management Act 1979; they allege that they have been involved in the movement of excise goods on which excise duty was evaded (“bootlegging”). We will be appealing to the VAT and Duties tribunal against Customs’ decision not to restore the vehicles.