Midlands accountancy firm Harben Barker has won an appeal against a ruling that the firm was acting negligently when it failed to recommend a non-dom client, Hossein Mehjoo, should seek specialist advice on a complex tax planning product that would have helped the businessman avoid a £850,000 capital gains tax (CGT) liability for the sale of shares in his fashion company

The taxman has lost a test case to claim capital gains tax on a £9m Old Master painting sold by the custodians of Castle Howard