BN66 - Court of Appeal and beyond

[silver_lining]

The Supreme Court panel can have 5, 7 or 9 judges sitting depending on the importance/significance of the case.

5 is for the least; 9 is for the most

The Gaines-Cooper case had 5.

I'll state this for the record now and you can quote me later...

If we only get 5 judges, I will be concerned.

At this stage I will be happy if we get to SC and have 1

[SantaClaus]

HMRC wont give a sh*t. People who work there are only concerned about their own stinking little world.

I've got to say, I'm privately hoping for a global market crash, bigger than ever before. Whilst it will be unfortunate for honest hardworking people, it will be a great leveler, leaving everyone, including HMRC employees in the same boat, i.e. with a worthless currency that can't buy anything.

[Emigre]

I've got to say, I'm privately hoping for a global market crash, bigger than ever before. Whilst it will be unfortunate for honest hardworking people, it will be a great leveler, leaving everyone, including HMRC employees in the same boat, i.e. with a worthless currency that can't buy anything.

Have you been to Switzerland lately? Can't afford anything now.

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Letters from HMRC Debt Management Unit at Stoke

Montpelier have asked me to relay this.

Stoke DMU have been issuing dozens of letters in relation to 2007/8. They have jumped the gun as all the CNs have been appealed. In other words it's a screw up.

If you get one of these letters, contact Montpelier and they will sort it out with HMRC Middlesborough who are the ones processing the appeals.

[bombaycat]

Doing a Bolt!

Montpelier have asked me to relay this.

Stoke DMU have been issuing dozens of letters in relation to 2007/8. They have jumped the gun as all the CNs have been appealed. In other words it's a screw up.

If you get one of these letters, contact Montpelier and they will sort it out with HMRC Middlesborough who are the ones processing the appeals.

Jumped the gun - HMRC - never.....
dum de dum

[BrilloPad]

BBC News - Worries over stamp duty avoidance

But an HMRC spokesman said: "The schemes rely on an interpretation of law that produces an outcome different from that envisaged when the law was enacted, and that HMRC does not accept."

Sound familiar?

[OnYourBikeGB]

BBC News - Worries over stamp duty avoidance

But an HMRC spokesman said: "The schemes rely on an interpretation of law that produces an outcome different from that envisaged when the law was enacted, and that HMRC does not accept."

Sound familiar?

Looks like we're starting to move past the thin edge of the wedge.

[DonkeyRhubarb]

"HMRC was gearing up to challenge the schemes through the courts, the spokesman said."

HMRC was gearing up to challenge our scheme through the courts at the beginning of 2006.

I bet if Labour were still in office these SDLT schemes would be clobbered retrospectively.

[smalldog]

"HMRC was gearing up to challenge the schemes through the courts, the spokesman said."

HMRC was gearing up to challenge our scheme through the courts at the beginning of 2006.

I bet if Labour were still in office these SDLT schemes would be clobbered retrospectively.

and if these are tackled prospectively can we use that as a kind of case law when we go to the SC? Its exactly the same so surely there needs to be one rule for such things...?

[screwthis]

and if these are tackled prospectively can we use that as a kind of case law when we go to the SC? Its exactly the same so surely there needs to be one rule for such things...?

Good point.

We can hit them with that four letter F word, "fair"