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Little dodgy, maybe

04 March 2014 / Mike Truman
Issue: 4442 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Avoidance

How could anyone have believed Working Wheels was legitimate?

KEY POINTS

  • Working Wheels case lost on all three points of argument.
  • No trade did not meet the technical requirements and fell foul of Ramsay.
  • Counsel’s opinion tells you more about the opinion of counsel than the scheme itself.
  • Is there a Mehjoo v Harben Barker problem?

If you had asked someone in the 1980s to name a dodgy car dealer they would probably have gone for the fictional Arthur Daley from Minder. The show was so popular that you could even buy an Arthur Daley Motors tax disc holder for your car.

Arthur also inspired a song from novelty band The Firm which included the spoken lines:

“And he sells the odd dodgy motor now and then.
Well it ain’t a crime is it?
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