Barbara Belgrano
Pump Court Tax ChambersInstantly puts clients at ease through a combination of a reassuring manner and a very strong work ethic. An engaging, laser-focused, and highly effective advocate.
Tax: personal
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Emma Chamberlain
Pump Court Tax ChambersDescribing Emma as a tax guru would in no way be overstating her extraordinary intellectual prowess, her ability to explain the most complex concepts in terms that lay clients can still understand, and to persuade a tribunal to her way of thinking. It is a joy to work with her - you always want her on your team!
Ben Elliott
Pump Court Tax ChambersBen is technically excellent and very client-friendly. He presents well in court and has very strong advocacy skills. His advice is technically strong but also practical and client-focused.
Rebecca Murray
Devereux
Barrie Akin
DevereuxAn excellent technical operator who knows the tribunal like the back of his hand. A calm and persuasive advocate.
Charles Bradley
Pump Court Tax Chambers
Harriet Brown
Old Square Tax ChambersHarriet is an excellent barrister. She has the ability to talk to clients in a technical but accessible manner. She communicates well and her written work is exemplary. She gives off a calmness that inspires confidence. Whenever we work together, I am confident that my client will get the best outcome possible.
Thomas Chacko
Pump Court Tax Chambers
Oliver Marre
5 Stone BuildingsOliver is particularly competent to deal with more technical instructions relating to capital taxes, as well as complicated chancery matters. Oliver employs both a strong theoretical/academic and practical approach; he is quick to grasp the relevant issues and communicates on very complicated topics with ease and elegance that surpasses his years. Oliver is responsive, reliable, and a safe pair of hands into which I entrust my most difficult and high-stakes matters. That said, he is humble and approachable, and willing to assist on any and all matters, and his time costs are always very reasonable.
Susannah Meadway
Ten Old Square
Jonathan Schwarz
Temple Tax ChambersHis breadth of specialist knowledge and ability to distill complex international tax issues into cogent and realistic arguments is unrivaled.
Michael Sherry
Temple Tax ChambersMichael Sherry is a unique person and tax barrister. He combines his knowledge with empathy and shapes his advice to meet the client's lawful objectives.
Edward Waldegrave
1 Crown Office RowEdward writes beautifully and is a superb advocate. He’s excellent with detail and technical arguments and a really great cross-examiner. A really great choice and super to work with.
Jeremy Woolf
Pump Court Tax Chambers
Nikhil Mehta
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
Stephen Arthur
Temple Tax ChambersVery approachable and will always look for pragmatic and practical solutions. I have always been impressed that even after the opinion has been sent and the fee paid, he sometimes comes back having thought more about the issue and comes up with other sensible suggestions without making any further charge.
Ross Birkbeck
Old Square Tax ChambersVery knowledgeable, easy to deal with, and is adept at handling the most demanding clients.
Calypso Blaj
Pump Court Tax ChambersPractical, concise, and straight to the point, going beyond the brief to offer commercial solutions.
Patrick Boch
Old Square Tax Chambers
Oliver Conolly
Pump Court Tax Chambers
Marcus Flavin
Radcliffe Chambers
Keith Gordon
Temple Tax Chambers
Georgia Hicks
DevereuxAn incisive, fast thinker, Georgia creates confidence in her advice with her clients and is happy to debate fine points of detail.
Laura Inglis
1 Crown Office RowShe has a rare ability to make tax intelligible to the layperson.
James Kirby
Ten Old SquareTechnically strong and well-prepared, with a thorough approach to detail and an efficient, solutions-focused style. Provides clear and practical advice on complex matters.
Ronan Magee
Pump Court Tax ChambersRonan is an excellent lawyer. Technical, pragmatic, and above all, a pleasure to work with. Ronan is able to digest complex tax issues and present them in such a way that you can understand them. He is a safe pair of hands and is someone to watch.
Francis Ng
5 Stone BuildingsRebecca Sheldon
Old Square Tax ChambersClear communication and an ability to get to the salient points quickly. Rebecca thinks of wider issues and not just the initial point.
Patrick Soares
Field Court Tax ChambersPatrick has encyclopedic knowledge across all aspects of taxation. There is simply nothing he does not know on the subject. This is coupled with his many years of experience in the revenue field. There cannot be much he has not seen, many times. Patrick is superb to work with and eminently practical.
Sam Way
Devereux
Quinlan Windle
Pump Court Tax ChambersExcellent technical knowledge, also good at thinking strategically and commercially. Very easy to deal with too.
Stephen Woodward
Three StoneStephen is very detail-oriented. His analytical skills are second to none. He really gets to the crux of the issue and provides very technically astute yet digestible advice. On a personal level, he is a very approachable and friendly barrister with whom I thoroughly enjoy working.
Sam Brodsky
Gray’s Inn Tax ChambersSam is a very clever and user-friendly junior who manages to convey complex points of law in a simple way that clients understand. He is approachable, responsive, and would be an asset to any case team.
Nicholas Macklam
Gray’s Inn Tax ChambersHarry Winter
Gray’s Inn Tax ChambersA strong advocate with an instinctive sense of what will play well with a judge. A real future star of the tax Bar.
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
