Dublin landlord Paul Howard loses appeal against €2.4m judgment for unpaid taxes (opens original article in a new tab)

Dublin landlord Paul Howard and his partner lost their Supreme Court appeal against tax judgments, with the court ruling that Revenue's debt collection arrangements with solicitors were lawful.

• Dublin landlord Paul Howard lost a Supreme Court appeal against a €2.4m tax judgment including interest
• Howard and partner Una McClean's appeal over a €625,513 judgment was also dismissed
• The court ruled that Revenue's contractual arrangement with solicitors for debt collection was lawful under Irish law
• The case centered on a 'no foal, no fee' fee structure deemed not unlawful by the court
• The legal dispute involved the legality of an 'uplift' fee arrangement in tax debt collection