Rabbi Aubrey Weis was born in the UK in 1949 after his parents emigrated from Ukraine just before World War II. He has lived in Manchester for the majority of his life, apart from between 1967 and 1970 when he went to study in Isreal.

The appeal centred on HMRC’s rejection of his use of non domiciled status, which Weis disputed.

The periods in question by HMRC were 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2015-16 tax years. In 2005-06 Weis had recorded income of £13.6m, and £16.7m in 2015-16. HMRC made adjustments to the tax returns for these periods increasing the tax owed by £6,322,880.

Weis is the director of 211 companies according to Companies House and has built an extensive property portfolio over the year, amassing over £1bn in assets.