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Brodies LLP

15 ATHOLL CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8HA, SCOTLAND
Tel:
Work 0131 228 3777
Fax:
Fax 0131 228 3878
Web:
www.brodies.com
Email:
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen

Alan Barr

Tel:
Work +44 131 656 0103
Email:
Brodies LLP

Work Department

Private client – trust and tax

Position

Partner specialising in all areas of tax and related matters, but especially in relation to property, VAT and stamp duty land tax.

Career

Trained Guild & Guild WS; qualified 1984; Brodies 1997; partner 2002; director Legal Practice Unit, The University of Edinburgh (current); co-author ‘Drafting Wills in Scotland’ (2nd edition, Tottel, 2009) and ‘Tax for Litigation Lawyers’ (W Green, 2000); contributor of frequent articles on tax matters for the ‘Journal of Law Society of Scotland’ and other professional periodicals.

Member

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; Notary Public.

Education

Glasgow Academy; University of Edinburgh (1979 MA; 1981 LLB; 1982 Dip Legal Practice).

Leisure

Sport (observational role), film, food.

Practice Areas

Private client; Tax - VAT, C&E; Tax - corporate

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