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Freshfields acts for the BBC in battle over presenters tax payments

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the BBC ahead of an investigation into the employment status and tax avoidance claims against 100 current and former employees.

The BBC sought advice from the Magic Circle firm in the build up to a tax tribunal hearing in July between HMRC and newsreaders Tim Willcox and Joanna Gosling.

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