Opinion - The Debate - Lawyers reap the rewards. Andre Agassi may be a tennis player, but I feel a football analogy is more fitting, perhaps 'we was robbed'.

Publication: Accountancy Age

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Andre Agassi may be a tennis player, but I feel a football analogy is more fitting, perhaps 'we was robbed'. As a result of last week's Court of Appeal's decision, accountants, surveyors, tax advisers and other professionals in the game of litigation now have to accept that only clients of solicitors can claim costs through the Bar Licensed Access Scheme (formerly called Bar DIRECT).

The case started when Agassi challenged if he should be assessed under the legislation brought in to tax sportsmen and entertainers, when he was not domiciled or resident in the UK and his offshore company was receiving endorsements from offshore companies.

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