Jan 16, 2026
Analysis
Rogue barristers are enabling a billion pound tax fraud – and the Bar won’t act
A small number of KCs and junior barristers are enabling large-scale tax fraud. They do it by providing tax opinions backing schemes designed to “avoid” tax on wages paid to contractors. The schemes have no real technical basis, but the promoters behind the schemes use the opinions as a badge of credibility – and, more […]