Tax Chambers
LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3UE, ENGLAND- Tel:
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James Kessler QC
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Position
Private client tax, particularly foreign domicile tax and charities. Cases include R v IRC ex p. Unilever; R v Dimsey & Allen; IRC v Dawson; Wensleydale’s Settlement Trustees v IRC; Phizackerley v HMRC; Burns v HMRC.
Career
Called 1984, Gray’s and Lincoln’s Inns; QC 2003. In practice at the Revenue Bar since 1985. Member of the Bar of Northern Ireland. Publications of note include ‘Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts’ 10th edition, 2010; ‘Taxation of Foreign Domiciliaries’ 10th edition, 2011; ‘Taxation of Charities’ 8th edition, 2011; ‘Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Northern Ireland’ 2nd edition, 2007; ‘Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Canada’ 3rd edition, 2011; ‘Drafting Cayman Islands Trusts’ 1st edition, 2006; ‘Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in the Channel Islands’, 1st edition, 2006; ‘Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Singapore’ 1st edition 2007; ‘Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Australia’ 1st edition 2008; author of STEP ‘Standard Provisions’.
Member
Revenue Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association.
Education
MA (Oxon).
Leisure
Jogging, cinema.
Practice Areas
Private client - personal tax; Private client - trusts and estates; Tax - international
