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Sempra ruling ends divided tax bias

August 31, 2007
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Sempra Metals won a landmark victory in the UK House of Lords in July. Clive Greenwood, joint head of partnerships and LLPs at Lewis Silkin in London, explains how a revenue interpretation was contrary to European law

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