BN66 - the road to Judicial Review

[swede]

Just come out of the afternoon session.

Our Counsel finished off his reply to Mr Singh. The highlight,
that got a big nod from the judge was one of my favourites:
'the taxpayer has the right to arrange his tax affairs in any way
that is legal'

He went on to reiterate a lot of his points from yesterday and
they seemed to be positively received by the judge.

There was an application that was dealt with at the end of the session.
Mr Jones requested a copy of the skeleton arguments.

thanks. so is that it for the day?

[robinhood]

thanks. so is that it for the day?

Will there be a 3rd day ?

[Slobbo]

This has already gone longer than expected. Thought the estimate was a day and a bit.

[TAF4]

There was an application that was dealt with at the end of the session.
Mr Jones requested a copy of the skeleton arguments.

Ootha pghuk does this character think he is!! Can any member of the public rock up and request a copy of skeleton arguments?


Perhaps he should read over the shoulder of the Hector minions.

[portseven]

There was an application that was dealt with at the end of the session. Mr Jones requested a copy of the skeleton arguments.

Why would Jones want them?

[smalldog]

Why would Jones want them?

he's probably going to make a dress out of them ala silence of the lambs...he's a psycho remember...

[srhcompcon]

he's probably going to make a dress out of them ala silence of the lambs...

add them to the other skeletons in his closet

[nuffsaid]

Why would Jones want them?

Perhaps he want's to retrospectively re-open Suo Motu?

[TykeMerc]

Just come out of the afternoon session.

Our Counsel finished off his reply to Mr Singh. The highlight,
that got a big nod from the judge was one of my favourites:
'the taxpayer has the right to arrange his tax affairs in any way
that is legal'

That's the critical bit and why I support you guys.

Irrespective of my views on the MontP tax planning approach, retrospective changes to tax law is unjust, immoral and entirely offensive to me.

From the commentary posted in this thread I would say that the case isn't going too badly, I do hope that HMRC are shown up for their total muppetry as a result of a ruling in your favour.

[TheGadgetMan]

he's probably going to make a dress out of them ala silence of the lambs...he's a psycho remember...

I attended the JR for the whole of Day 1 yesterday and I recognised Jones from when I first went to the IoM and joined MTM back in 2001...I have been in email contact with him occassionally since he first joined the forum...

as a result i had a short conversation with him yesterday during lunch and i asked him the reason why he was there and what he was trying to achieve by being in attendance...the reasons he gave me seemed plausible at the time (though i wont divulge them here)...

however if what i am hearing today that he is passing notes to HMRCs legal team then that concerns me a great deal and goes against what he told me yesterday...

I dont like the guy for what he has done in the past but right now can we please stop abusing the guy...there are a lot of people watching this case and reading the forum...and it doesnt help our cause...