In-house lawyers must prepare themselves for a significant increase in the investigatory powers of HM Revenue and Customs, a tax expert has warned in the first in a series of legalweek.com videos on crisis management during the credit crunch.
Speaking in the first episode of legalweek.com’s crisis management Q&A in association with Norton Rose, Dominic Stuttaford (pictured) says these new powers, combined with a markedly more aggressive approach to litigation, require in-house lawyers to take great care with the preparation of internal documents and the use of emails.
