A tax expert has told a tribunal of a “shocking threat” made by a lawyer acting for former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi that there would be “serious consequences” if he published correspondence about retracting claims the politician had lied about failing to pay tax.
Ashley Hurst, of Osborne Clarke law firm, faces a solicitors disciplinary tribunal over allegations that he sent an email and letter to Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates, in July 2022 in which he “improperly attempted to restrict Mr Neidle’s right to publish that correspondence and/or discuss its contents”.
