A final twist in Vodafone’s Supreme Court case played out last week with AT&T questioning the court on a matter that could affect the outcome of the telecommunication company's case.
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has reiterated a high court ruling that it is unacceptable for the Inland Revenue Department's (IRD) commissioner to delay a determination unnecessarily after an appeal by a taxpayer to an assessment.
Ten weeks after the case began, the hearing ended with Chief Justice Kapadia briefly toy with idea of referring the case to a larger bench to reconcile the conflicting principles laid down in McDowell and Azadi Bachao.
