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The Impartiality of UK's Justice System may be Undermined by Government's Attempts to Generate Extra Taxes
September 27th, 2008
"The government's desperate attempts to generate additional tax revenues are undermining the impartiality of the UK's justice system," says ContractorCalculator CEO, Dave Chaplin, commenting on the High Court's ruling on the Dragonfly Consulting Ltd appeal. The ruling is a fundamental blow to the British legal system, as it effectively removes the rights of flexible highly skilled UK contractors and their clients to settle on their working relationship. "According to this ruling," explains Chaplin, "HMRC now has arbitrary powers to dictate who is a contractor and who is an employee, regardless of the client's or professional freelancer's...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-09-27)
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