Case B57/2013

Thiess v. Collector of Customs and Ors

Case No.

B57/2013

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

22/03/2013 Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal) (de Jersey CJ, Muir JA, Fraser JA)

[2013] QCA 54

Catchwords

Statutes – Interpretation – Customs Act 1901 (Cth) (“the Act”) s 167 – Appellant’s customs broker paid customs duty and GST on imported yacht – Customs broker input incorrect import duty into self-assessment system as result of mistaken belief about weight of yacht – Appellant later became aware of mistake and commenced proceedings to recover monies paid – Whether s 167(4) of the Act prevents action for recovery of customs duty paid due to mistake of fact where no protest under s 167(1).

Short Particulars

Documents

11/10/2013 Hearing (SLA, Canberra by v/link to Brisbane)

23/10/2013 Notice of appeal

18/11/2013 Chronology (Appellant)

20/11/2013 Written submissions (Appellant)

10/12/2013 Written submissions (First and Second Respondents)

20/02/2014 Reply

05/03/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

02/04/2014 Judgment  (Judgment summary)