I acted for the respondent Mrs Roberts in this appeal. We were successful. The Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the High Court judgment. The result was that debt forgiveness is correctly classified as a monetary gift. The government has fought a long campaign against this result and 24 hours after the Court of Appeal judgment was released issued notification that they would change the law in 2020.
CIR v Roberts
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