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Nicky, in answer to your questions:
1. If you wish to pay then I would lodge the SDLT under cover of a letter stating that the payment is made without prejudice and is made in respect of the entire matter and only in order to stop interest running.
2. No the interest is not contestable and is payable on the tax ultimately found to be due.
3.It would be safer to appeal both transactions as you do not wish to settle the first one and then be unsuccessful with the second.
4. The hearing is a matter of public record and i am not aware of any other live appeals in this type of scheme but that is not to say there aren’t any.
5. As far as next steps go I think you need a specialist barrister to review the case documentation in detail and advise you on the merits of an appeal and I think this forum is not really the appropriate place for that sort of detailed advice.
Do let me know if I can assist you further off-line as it were.