Cases

HMRC v Banerjee

Facts

B challenged a tax assessment and succeeded before the HMRC commissioners. The HMRC appealed to the High Court. The hearing took place in public. The claim was dismissed. Before judgment was handed down B applied for orders anonymising the judgment and forbidding HMRC from identifying her publicly. She asserted that linking her name with a tax dispute would be detrimental to her career and personal life. She did not seek any general reporting restriction. HMRC resisted the application, arguing that the case had been heard in public; no reporting restriction was or could have been obtained in advance; and B's grounds for anonymity lacked substance.

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