Free webinar for the Women in Tax Network: Q&A Panel Session on HMRC's Civil & Criminal Information Gathering Powers by Women in Tax committee member and RPC Partner, Michelle Sloane, RPC Senior Associate Alice Kemp, RPC Associate, Alexis Armitage, together with special guest, Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho.

In this interactive webinar, the panel will discuss HMRC's Civil & Criminal Information Gathering Powers. The panel will discuss and answer questions on the following topics:

• Information Notices issued pursuant to Schedule 36, Finance Act 2008;

• Document Requests pursuant to Section 20, Taxes Management Act 1970;

• Production Orders under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

• Disclosure Notice under Section 62, Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005; and

• Search Warrants.

Profiles: Michelle Sloane, Alice Kemp, Alexis Armitage and Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho.

Michelle Sloane is a Partner at RPC specialising in the resolution of tax disputes and financial crime. She advises both corporates and individuals on complex tax enquiries, appeals to the Tax Tribunals and HMRC criminal investigations.

Alice Kemp is an Employed Barrister at RPC specialising in HMRC criminal fraud investigations and litigation conducted by regulatory bodies, including HMRC and the SFO.

Alexis Armitage is an Associate at RPC who advises a range of individual and corporate clients on a wide variety of contentious tax issues involving both direct and indirect taxes - from managing HMRC enquiries and information notices, through to hearings in the Tax Tribunals and higher courts.

Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers whose practice focuses on EU law, tax law and commercial disputes, involving litigation at every level, specialist tribunals, arbitral tribunals and the CJEU.