Tax Disputes & HMRC Prosecutions

What you need is a trusted legal partner with extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the process to guide you - that’s where we come in. All the senior members of the team have a wealth of experience working at senior levels within HMRC, delivering a unique blend of regulatory and commercial expertise, led by Partner Adam Craggs, who has over 35 years of experience in contentious tax. We understand how HMRC operates, including the strategies it uses during tax investigations and litigation, and how to secure the best possible results for our clients.

Offering pre-emptive advice on a wide range of risk issues, investigations and tax litigation before the tax tribunals and higher courts, our lawyers help FTSE 100 and multinational corporations, privately-owned businesses, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, manage challenging tax investigations, including criminal tax investigations. 

Where a dispute has arisen, we work closely with our clients and their other professional advisers to ensure that the dispute is resolved as soon as possible with minimum disruption and cost. We always seek to achieve a favourable settlement with HMRC without the need for litigation, wherever possible, and our senior team include CEDR accredited mediators.  Where settlement cannot be achieved, we litigate hard and have an excellent success rate. 

We can support you in tax investigations and disputes across all tax types, including Code of Practice 8 and 9 investigations, HMRC 'dawn raids', criminal investigations and prosecutions, cross-border tax matters and challenges to HMRC decisions by judicial review. We regularly collaborate with accountants, tax advisers and tax investigation practitioners, who regularly turn to us for specialist advice and assistance.

Experiencing a tax investigation or dispute can be time consuming and highly stressful. Let us help to ease the burden and work with you to achieve a speedy favourable outcome.