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Implications of the Jimenez case

06 December 2017 / Gary Brothers , John Norman
Issue: 4627 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Strong stuff

KEY POINTS

  • In the Jimenez case the first party notice under FA 2008 Sch 36 para 1 was quashed by the High Court.
  • Lack of transparency and conduct of ex parte hearings.
  • In essence HMRC’s case was that there is no international or jurisdictional limit to Sch 36.
  • Practitioners should now expect and request a full record of an application hearing.

On 20 October 2017 the High Court released its judicial review decision in R (oao) Tony Michael Jimenez v The First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) & CRC [2017] EWHC 2585 (Admin). The grant of permission for the review was previously reported in ‘Imposing territorial limitations’ (Taxation 26 January 2017)).

The decision of Charles J may make uncomfortable reading for HMRC in several areas. Not only did the High Court quash...

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