[hm revenue] bureaucratic highhandedness crushes builder

Mr. Eugenides has drawn our attention to a particularly nauseating and egregious piece of bureaustuffup: Last week a High Court Judge ruled in a test case that Cumbrian Builder, Neil Martin had suffered from maladministration and incompetence at the hands of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (The Revenue) in failing to provide him with correct documentation under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS Scheme). Without a Certificate his company’s cash flow was massively disrupted. Despite findings that, the Revenue had delayed for 52 days and given him bad advice, he found that it owed no duty of care in negligence and were effectively immune from legal action. Neil Martin was not entitled to one penny to compensate him for the Revenue’s blunders which had caused financial ruin. Eventually he was compensated £55, which Mr. E calls a particularly sick joke. I have a similar tale about Royal Mail but let’s just stick to this one first. Would you look at Mr. E’s article in full and then carry something on your site? Then we can get the message out.