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Mr. Robert Gaines-Cooper: Entrepreneur, resident of the Seychelles and known for his good works

This website is about Robert Gaines-Cooper, a true entrepreneur who started a small finance company and ended up running large international companies.

So, when he decided to leave England, setting up residence in the Seychelles, he became an obvious target for the UK tax authorities, claiming that his domicile still remained in England.

Robert fell in love with the Seychelles in the early seventies. He bought a house there which he since has turned into a beautiful plantation home.

He married a Seychelloise lady and spends all his available free time at his home. He intends to stay there and die there. His will even states that his ashes are to be scattered on the island.

Robert is a very caring human being. He particularly enjoys helping disadvantaged children. Not surprisingly, he is very well known here on the island as a man with a kind heart.

On this website you will find a number of witness statements testifying to the fact that Robert is truly domiciled in the Seychelles.

But you will also find documents and arguments from the UK Revenue Service maintaining that Mr Gaines-Cooper still has his domicile in England.

The "Gaines-Cooper Domicile and Residence Controversy" is presently under judicial review. It promises to become a leading case for the UK tax jurisdiction for foreign based individuals.

I invite you to browse through the site and to draw your own conclusion about fairness and justice.

Your comments and feedback on the related "Issues of Domicile" blog would be much appreciated.

Thank you.
Prof. Walter P. von Wartburg