How in this country law can be changed retrospectively?

**threaded** · 11 March 2007, 09:33

Oh dear, you seem to think the UK still has common law? Well, it didn't have for quite a few years. Had a thing called Parliamentary Sovereignty, which means they can do what the h3ll they want. Yet, there is light at the end of the tunnel as the Human Rights Act 1998 signs into law the European Convention on Human Rights and in that there is a specific prohibition to retrospective criminalisation. But what you're talking about is Civil and not Criminal, so yes they can do it. Maybe. Who knows anymore? The New Lie have fscked up the UK legal system so much ...

**Back In Business** · 11 March 2007, 10:31

They retrospectively applied the APD to people who already booked tickets. Anything is possible.

**maxima** · 11 March 2007, 11:51

Ok. But you surely aware that whatever you do to cover your Ltd against IR35 if you dont have more than one contract at the time and if you dont do substantial turnover from selling computers on weekends or something like that - you will never rest. And in 6 year time IR still can get you into a court to argue your IR35 'outside' thing. And it is a big gamble anyway. And it is in effect now - these are bits of current legislation. This risk is already known and it exists.

In case of EBT - all of you agreed that 'something terrible may happen in future'. Just a speculation.

Hence my another question - how come Own_Ltd/IR35 risk is less than EBT speculative risk.

Any reasonable arguments? (except - it is too good to be true etc). Please.

How in this country law can be changed retrospectively?