Tax | ‘Greed’, ‘entitlement’, and ‘intellectual superiority’, prosecution closes in £2m trial of tax barrister

Prosecution gives closing argument in £2m trial of top tax lawyer, stating defendant ‘had a delight in getting one over on HMRC’

30 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | ‘I would trust him’ former High Court judge testifies in barrister’s £2m tax trial

Retired High Court judge gives evidence under oath in trial involving top barrister, telling jury ‘he’s a cautious man, a careful man’

26 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | Billionaire trader loses £22.5m LLP tax case

Supreme Court rules earnings of LLP members of foreign exchange trading firm HFFX should have paid income tax on capital allocation via deferred remuneration arrangement

18 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | ‘I’m not trying to trick you,’ tax barrister and prosecution clash in £2m trial

Top tax barrister takes to witness box again telling prosecution ‘If only I had a year to educate you in tax on trusts’

17 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | Bolt loses TOMS dispute with HMRC over charging VAT on fares

Court of Appeal rules against Bolt in dispute with HMRC about whether the ride hailing app is eligible to use tour operators’ margin scheme (TOMS) to avoid paying VAT

16 Jun 2026

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VAT

HMRC

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Tax | Citadel ‘simply wasn’t on my horizon,’ tax barrister tells court

Tax barrister denies Citadel ‘used as a tax evasion scheme’, stating HMRC ‘really needed educating on the basics of tax’

15 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | Tax barrister claims ‘incandescent’ HMRC tried ‘to cancel me’

Taking to witness box tax barrister defends his reputation, saying HMRC tried to ‘cancel me’ as they were ‘incandescent’ and ‘furious’ over past court losses over tax disputes

12 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | Barclays £21m VAT case and ‘skeletal’ branch

Barclays VAT group loses appeal on HMRC’s protection of the revenue (POR) argument at Upper Tribunal

9 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

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Tax | HMRC calls top tax barrister ‘Mr Bridger’ in Italian Job jibe

Courtroom hears of ‘unprofessional’ HMRC nicknames after top tax barrister is referred to as ‘Mr Bridger’, the flamboyant character from 1969 film The Italian Job

8 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | Barrister’s bookkeeper describes ‘fastidious’ and ‘pedantic’ boss in £2m tax trial

Top tax barrister’s long-term bookkeeper testifies under oath in £2m trial stating she did ‘the donkey work’, describing him as ‘fastidious’, but ‘fair and honest’

4 Jun 2026

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Tax | Tax barrister’s gardener and ‘lifelong friend’ testify in £2m tax trial

First witnesses testify under oath in £2m tax trial involving top barrister including gardener paid through ‘odd’ and ‘weird’ system

3 Jun 2026

Tax

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Tax | Prosecution claims tax barrister was ‘something of an adversary of HMRC’

London court hears senior tax barrister ‘ought to have been paying more tax than he was’, as defence states ‘nothing legally wrong with avoiding tax’

29 May 2026

Tax

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Tax | HMRC will not appeal £470k giant marshmallow case

After recent win for taxpayer in the long-running giant marshmallow VAT case, HMRC decides not to appeal ruling sugary items are ‘not confectionery’

28 May 2026

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VAT

HMRC

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Tax | KFC scores a win in £106k dipping pot VAT case

Upper Tribunal rules in favour of KFC in dispute over VAT treatment of dipping pots supplied with meals as HMRC loses £106k appeal

20 May 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

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Tax | High Court throws out farm tax case ‘at first hurdle’

Farmers lose judicial review challenge over ‘flawed’ consultation process as judge rules government not required to consult extensively before tax changes

13 May 2026

Tax

Inheritance Tax

HMRC

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