Richard Toone v William John Gailey Ross

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeBriggs
Judgment Date30 October 2019
Neutral Citation[2019] EWHC 2855 (Ch)
Date30 October 2019
Docket NumberCase No: CR-2018-001831
CourtChancery Division

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3 cases
  • Chalcot Training Ltd v Matthew Anthony Ralph
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 5 May 2020
    ...Barford); Progress Property (supra); and much reliance was placed on the recent decision of Chief ICC Judge Briggs in Toone v Ross [2019] EWHC 2855 (Ch) (which was based on the statutory 129 The Company's main argument, as adapted in its closing submissions, is that the Court should apply a......
  • Asertis Ltd v Mr Dale Heathcote
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 10 October 2022
    ...at p.1043. That principle was recently applied by Chief ICC Judge Briggs in Re Implement Consulting Group Ltd (in liquidation) [2019] EWHC 2855 (Ch), where a claim of a similar nature to the present was made in the context of directors adopting another tax avoidance scheme. Although Mr Coc......
  • Marlborough DP Ltd v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, TC 08246
    • United Kingdom
    • First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
    • 1 September 2021
    ...Ors [1989] BCLC 626). (3) We note that HMRC themselves referred to the case of Toone & Ors v Ross & Anor, Re Implement Consulting Ltd [2019] EWHC 2855 (Ch) where it was held that payments made to employees through a form of employee benefit trust were Caselaw on meaning of earnings 78. As s......
1 firm's commentaries
  • 2020 Summer review M&A legal and market developments
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 20 September 2020
    ...take independent legal advice. This was not reasonable conduct for directors faced with such large financial decisions. (Toone v Ross [2019] EWHC 2855 (Ch))Key lessons……Risk assessment: The decision highlights the importance of directors’ obtaining independent expert advice when considering......