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City of London Law Firm of Solicitors & Barristers specialising in Bank Litigation, Professional Negligence, Insolvency, Tax & Business Disputes. ☎ 02071830529

4 Middle Temple Lane London UK
Joined June 2011
We represent Directors and Companies facing HMRC Security Notices. Our counsel successfully fought HMRC Security Notices that sought to impose over £215k in personal liability for VAT and PAYE. The case is a victory against HMRC. lexlaw.co.uk/solicitors-lond…
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Meet the people in financial peril after the scandal at Market Financial Solutions, which may become one of the UK’s largest alleged Ponzi-style frauds. Important story from @jameshurley thetimes.com/business/compan…
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An 'Account Freezing Order' (AFO) is a UK court order that restricts access to funds in bank accounts suspected of involvement in criminal activity. Organisations such as HMRC must show reasonable suspicion that the money is linked to criminal activity. lexlaw.co.uk/solicitors-lond…
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#PostOfficeScandal - @HMRCgovuk raised tax demands against sub-postmasters which relied on flawed Horizon data. At least one live case remains, with a scheduled hearing on 15 January 2024 at the UK First-tier Tax Tribunal. lexlaw.co.uk/solicitors-lond… – at City of London, London
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We have long campaigned against the exclusionary so-called sophistication criteria - designed to arbitrarily exclude the most expensive claims and save major banks tens of £billions truly due to customers. thetimes.co.uk/article/15882…
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As we repeatedly said at the time and ever since, it was clear that @theFCA #IRHP interest rate swaps redress scheme was an example of major banks spending millions to save billions in compensation thanks to the exclusionary so-called sophistication test. thetimes.co.uk/article/be943…
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Swift Report on #IRHP swaps scandal found @theFCA breached its 'regulatory mandate,' but criticism removed by regulator pressure. Swift review revealed exclusion of thousands from compensation. Judicial Review Trial 2024. #SwiftReview #Litigation thetimes.co.uk/article/repor…
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Winding-up petitions presented by @HMRCgovuk and other creditors have more than doubled to 3,488 this year. @BritishGas 2nd most active petitioner this year, then @npower_ng @WolseleyUK @HSSHire @MkmBuilding and @plumbaseuk thetimes.co.uk/article/windi…
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thetimes.co.uk/article/court… As we aid to the Swift Review: "the FCA allowed the wrongdoer banks to review their own #IRHP mis-selling" so "banks were able to unfairly exclude customers from the Review, delay the Review and withhold information to limit redress [and legal action]".
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A letter to @thetimes from MPs expresses concerns that the Treasury select committee was misled when it investigated the manipulation of interest rates in 2012. @TheFCA thetimes.co.uk/article/ba7c9…
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