Rory Mullan and Harriet Brown have been commended for their pro bono work by the Court of Appeal in their recent appearance on behalf of the taxpayer in Butt v HMRC [2019] EWCA Civ 554.
The appeal concerned whether Mr Butt could be fixed with a penalty by reference to disallowed input tax, regard being had to article 7 ECHR and article 49 of the EU Charter. Rose LJ gave a judgment holding that he could.
4 April 2019