Addison Lee founder owes £20.5m in tax after UK tribunal ruling

John Griffin pictured in 2012. He was born to Irish parents in 1942 and briefly lived there until he moved to London at the age of nine. Photograph: Felix Clay

The founder of Addison Lee owes £20.5m in tax after a tribunal dismissed a claim that he should be treated as a nom-dom despite living in the UK since childhood.

John Griffin had argued he should be treated as a nom-dom due to his connection to Ireland, saying: “I was and am besotted with Ireland, infatuated with Ireland. I believe that I have always been and am Irish.”