Continuing our series on legal concepts aimed at those working in tax Anand Doobay a Partner in the Extradition Team at Peters & Peters provides an outline of the UK's extradition arrangements
Some readers may be wondering why an article dealing with extradition could have any relevance to those advisers who deal with tax matters. There is a common misconception that extradition cannot take place if a request is based on a tax offence. Perhaps the easiest way to dispel this myth is to look at the case of R v Leaf (Unreported December 1 2005).1 Mr Ian Leaf set up Allied Corporation Bank on the Pacific atoll of Nauru. He bought 13 companies and then claimed that these businesses had taken out large loans from the bank. The 'interest...
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Continuing our series on legal concepts aimed at those working in tax Anand Doobay a Partner in the Extradition Team at Peters & Peters provides an outline of the UK's extradition arrangements
Some readers may be wondering why an article dealing with extradition could have any relevance to those advisers who deal with tax matters. There is a common misconception that extradition cannot take place if a request is based on a tax offence. Perhaps the easiest way to dispel this myth is to look at the case of R v Leaf (Unreported December 1 2005).1 Mr Ian Leaf set up Allied Corporation Bank on the Pacific atoll of Nauru. He bought 13 companies and then claimed that these businesses had taken out large loans from the bank. The 'interest...
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