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UPPER-TRIBUNAL
Queenscourt: a dip in legal certainty
James Hurst
Fabian Barth
Fabian Barth and James Hurst (Johnston Carmichael) consider the implications for single and multiple supplies and legitimate expectation arguments.
Tax and the City for May 2026
Mike Lane
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) provide their unique perspective on the impact of recent rulings from the higher courts and the OECD’s latest findings on the UK’s rising tax burden on labour.
Lycamobile UK: guaranteed availability, guaranteed VAT
Julius Berling
Liesl Fichardt
Liesl Fichardt and Julius Berling (Quinn Emanuel) assess the Upper Tribunal ruling in Lycamobile and its implications beyond telecoms.
How close is close enough? Orsted and the limits of ‘on the provision of plant’
Paul Farey
Paul Farey (AECOM) assesses how the Supreme Court’s stricter approach narrows the scope for capital allowances on preparatory expenditure.
Penalty suspension
Abigail McGregor
Jake Landman
Jake Landman and Abigail McGregor (Pinsent Masons) revisit the
discretionary regime allowing HMRC to suspend penalties for careless
inaccuracies, in light of recent Upper Tribunal guidance.
Capital by name, income in nature: the Upper Tribunal’s decision in BCG
Henry Bennett-Gough
Henry Bennett-Gough (Simmons & Simmons) examines the Upper Tribunal’s decision in
Boston Consulting Group
and its implications for mixed member LLP structures.
Back to square one: late appeals after Medpro
Liam McKay
Adam Craggs
The Court of Appeal restores a strict approach to late appeals, leaving taxpayers facing the familiar
Martland
hurdle once again, write Adam Craggs and Liam McKay (RPC).
Complex statutory construction: the Court of Appeal’s approach in Tower One
Cristy Ajediti
Helen Coward
Helen Coward and Cristy Ajediti (Simmons & Simmons) explain why Tower One is another warning on the risks of complex, tax-driven arrangements.
Saunders: new uncertainty for contractual employee incentive arrangements
Peter North
Rob Sharpe
Rob Sharpe and Peter North (Cleary Gottlieb) examine a recent Upper Tribunal
ruling on the taxation of stock appreciation rights – a decision that introduces
fresh uncertainty for arrangements falling outside ITEPA 2003 Part 7.
Scatola: 20 years to raise s 75A discovery assessments
Sinisa Butina
Angela Savin
Angela Savin and Sinisa Butina (KPMG) examine the basis of the Upper
Tribunal’s reasoning in
Scatola
and the broader ramifications for taxpayers
seeking certainty and finality to their SDLT affairs.
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Lauren Trask
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Let the light in: LLCs and other reverse hybrids
Matthew Rowbotham
2 /7
HFFX: the widening reach of miscellaneous income
Elena Rowlands
,
Tom Margesson
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Ian Zeider
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Estoppel and abuse of process in VAT
Claire Logan
4 /7
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
,
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HMRC’s status in Part 26A restructuring plans: the High Court decision in Waldorf
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,
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Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
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Rights, influence and LLP member status after BlueCrest
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,
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,
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Estoppel and abuse of process in VAT
Claire Logan
The UK’s tax certainty problem
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,
Ahmed Mobasshir
HMRC’s status in Part 26A restructuring plans: the High Court decision in Waldorf
Alan Rafferty
,
Jade Du Berry
Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
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BlueCrest: the impact for asset managers
When Ramsay does not rescue HMRC
Tax Update 2026: Plans to reform the income tax payment regime: a significant acceleration of ITSA tax liabilities
Tax Update 2026: Modernising the distributions framework: familiar routes for extracting value or reorganising companies may change
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