Want to know how to fight this?

[philinlondon]

How about if we win, the lawyers gets X% of the amount HMRC demands? Kinda no win no fee, the more people we and the lawyers can recruit as a class action suit the more fees they will generate if they win.

[Loan Ranger]

How about if we win, the lawyers gets X% of the amount HMRC demands? Kinda no win no fee, the more people we and the lawyers can recruit as a class action suit the more fees they will generate if they win.

There's virtually no chance of finding any firms or QCs who would do it on that basis.

It would have to be a virtual slam dunk for no win no fee, and it's far from that.

[PokemonStay]

There are slam dunk cases in most aspects of the law. The major exception is HMRC.

[phil@pmtc]

I don’t think this would be viable for numerous reasons but I say that’s a shame as the scale of the idea is what’s required.
If by some turn of events you find yourself in a position where you need and can afford the best available Tax QC I strongly recommend Julian Ghosh (I have no link to him whatsoever)

[me206et]

I don’t think this would be viable for numerous reasons but I say that’s a shame as the scale of the idea is what’s required.
If by some turn of events you find yourself in a position where you need and can afford the best available Tax QC I strongly recommend Julian Ghosh (I have no link to him whatsoever)

Julian Ghosh, name rings a bell. He was the QC that said one of the "failed" schemes I was in was all above board and legal. In QC speech.

[Loan Ranger]

I don’t think this would be viable for numerous reasons but I say that’s a shame as the scale of the idea is what’s required.

I know.

Maybe it's for the best though. Something like this may give false hope.

It's probably best if people come to terms with the fact that, one way or another (settlement or LC), they're going to have to pay.

[me206et]

I know.

Maybe it's for the best though. Something like this may give false hope.

It's probably best if people come to terms with the fact that, one way or another (settlement or LC), they're going to have to pay.

I would agree.
If you settle, you pay.
If you wait for LC then if you do not pay then there are fines and interest if you do not pay.
I am sure any challenges will take years. So the cost just keeps ramping up.
I believe the only people who can afford that option are the ones who will be made bankrupt anyway.
So if the nerves can take it good luck to those that have to fight.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, I think I will just have to settle.

[Loan Ranger]

I am sure any challenges will take years.

Fighting something like this means, to some extent, putting your life on hold.

It can become an obsession which, if you're not careful, can affect other areas of your life and your health.

It's an unfair fight too because your opponent has unlimited resources and, at the end of the day, it's just a job to them. They're not going to lose any sleep over it.

And this is time in your life that you can never get back.