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On 2 September 2020, HMRC published Revenue & Customs Brief 12/2020 setting out a change in the VAT treatment of payments made in respect of contract terminations and contractual disputes. HMRC’s new general rule is that most such payments will be...
Helen Buchanan and John Tolman (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) examine what is effectively the pilot episode for an upcoming courtroom drama.
As issues relating to the VAT treatment of damages and termination sums proliferate in the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, Eloise Walker and Dan Place (Pinsent Masons) bring us ‘back to basics’.
Sophie Dworetzsky and Catrin Harrison (Charles Russell Speechlys) consider what is meant by ‘settlor’ in the context of the protected settlement and tainting rules. 
Nicholas Harries (Macfarlanes) examines draft Finance Bill provisions designed to counter the effect of the Court of Appeal's judgment in Dreelan.
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