The Medhotels case. A heavyweight battle in four titanic rounds
Has there ever been a case like Med Hotels (Secret Hotels 2 v HMRC) [2014] UKSC 16? It combined huge importance for the travel industry with wildly fluctuating fortunes, fought out between two heavyweights; in one corner, HMRC; and in another, the giant lastminute.com corporation, who retained the tax liabilities of Med Hotels even after selling the company to Thomas Cook, and so had charge of the litigation
