The Weekly Law Reports
[2002] 2 WLR 1299
House of Lords
Regina (Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another
[2002] UKHL 21
2002 April 10,
11,
15;
May 16
May 16
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough and Lord Scott of Foscote
Practice
— Discovery
— Privilege
— Legal professional privilege
— Tax inspector's investigation
— Inspector seeking special commissioner's consent to give notice requiring taxpayer to disclose documents attracting legal professional privilege
— Commissioner giving consent
— Whether statutory disclosure regime excluding legal professional privilege
— Whether inspector entitled to give notice in respect of privileged documents
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Taxes Management Act 1970 (c 9), s. 20(1) (as substituted by Finance Act 1976 (c 40), s. 57(1), Sch. 6 and amended by Finance Act 1989 (c 26), s. 142)