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Chambers of Henry Harrod

LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3XT, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7242 6201
Fax:
Fax 020 7831 8102
DX:
304 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.5sblaw.com
Email:

Christopher Whitehouse

Tel:
Work +44 20 7242 6201
Email:
5 Stone Buildings (Chambers of Henry Harrod)

Position

Barrister who advises on all aspects of private client taxation, trusts estates and wills.

Career

Called 1971; Inner Temple; partner Boodle Hatfield; tenant 8 Gray’s Inn Square; 5 Stone Buildings 2001. Lectures on tax, trusts and will drafting. Named ‘Private Client Barrister of the Year’ at the STEP Private Client Awards. Fellow of CIOT. He was awarded a Founder’s Award for Outstanding Achievement from STEP in November 2009. Publications include: ‘Dymond’s Capital Taxes’; ‘Pre-owned Assets and Tax Planning Strategies’ (3rd edition, published December 2009); ‘Trusts of Land, Trustee Delegation and the Trustee Act 2000’; ‘Trust Taxation’ (2nd edition); contributions to ‘Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents’, dealing with gifts, trusts and settlements ‘A Modern Approach to Wills, Administration and Estate Planning’ (2011). Consultant editor for ‘Private Client Business’.

Member

STEP; Chancery Bar Association; Fellow of CIOT; Revenue Bar Association.

Leisure

Cycling, theatre, sport, reading and China.

Practice Areas

Private client - personal tax; Private client - probate, wills and family provision; Private client - trusts and estates

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