The tax liability incurred by JRRT is no different than the tax liability incurred by any other British citizen: the law is applied and he pays his determined share under the law. It is said that he needed money to pay his tax bill. We all need money to pay all of our bills - taxes are merely one of them.
In any case, the sale of film rights to UA was a decision made by a grown man of sound mind acting of his own free will.
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