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Tax Disputes and Litigation Experience

Orange

Advising Orange on its claim for input VAT recovery arising from the auction of 3G licences in an amount greater than £0.5billion.


Input VAT

Advising a number of clients in connection with a refusal by HMRC to repay input VAT, HMRC alleging MTIC involvement. Including advocacy in VAT Tribunal for sums exceeding £3.5m


Advocacy before the Special Commissioners

Advocacy before the Special Commissioners in connection with a discovery assessment raised on Mrs Corbally-Stourton as a result of a capital loss scheme.


Coffee Republic

Advising, and representing, Coffee Republic, before the VAT Tribunal on a claim to recover overpaid VAT arising from the sale of hot takeaway food. 


Sceptre Services Limited

Advice in connection with a variety of VAT issues including appeals to the First Tier Tribunal regarding MTIC fraud.


Blada Limited

Advice to Blada Limited on their MTIC case against HMRC at the First Tier Tribunal.  Burges Salmon also completed the advocacy for this matter.


Blada Limited

Advice to Blada Limited on their MTIC case against HMRC at the First Tier Tribunal.  Burges Salmon also completed the advocacy for this matter.


UK Trading company

Advice in connection with an HMRC investigation over the potential reclassification of directors loan accounts as remuneration.  The matter was resolved in the taxpayers favour and in addition to compensating the taxpayer for professional fees incurred, HMRC admitted that they had acted improperly.


UK Trading company

Advice in connection with an HMRC investigation over the potential reclassification of directors loan accounts as remuneration.  The matter was resolved in the taxpayers favour and in addition to compensating the taxpayer for professional fees incurred, HMRC admitted that they had acted improperly.


Train Operating Companies

Advice in connection with vaious HMRC investigations into the payment of SDLT on station leases, focussing in particular on whether elements of the amounts payable under the leases could be considered to be service charges and therefore not subject to SDLT.


Train Operating Companies

Advice in connection with vaious HMRC investigations into the payment of SDLT on station leases, focussing in particular on whether elements of the amounts payable under the leases could be considered to be service charges and therefore not subject to SDLT.