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Georgia Hicks
Position
Georgia Hicks’ practice areas are tax, employment, and sports law. She is particularly highly regarded in the field of employment-related taxes, including: employment status; IR35; taxation of damages and termination payments. She represents a range of private clients (media journalists, football clubs, referee associations, radio DJs) as well as HMRC. Notable recent tax cases include: Professional Game Match Officials Ltd v HMRC [2020] S.T.C. 1077; Tottenham Hotspur v HMRC [2018] 4 WLR 17; R (oao Glencore) v HMRC [2017] 4 WLR 213.
An accomplished advocate, she regularly appears in multi-day hearings in employment and tax cases, both led and instructed in her own right.
For more information on Georgia’s practice and latest case highlights, please consult her full Devereux profile.
Career
Called 2012 (Gray’s Inn); Appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel (C Panel) in 2017.
Prizes and awards: The James Hunt Prize for Advocacy (Gray’s Inn 2013); The Ede and Ravenscroft Advocacy Prize (Gray’s Inn 2012); The Norman Tapp Memorial Prize for Excellence in Mooting (Gray’s Inn, 2012).
Languages
German (intermediate).
Memberships
RBA, IFS, ELA, ELBA, PNBA, FRU.
Education
University of Oxford, BA (Hons) English Language and Literature (First Class)
City University GDL (Distinction)
City University London BPTC (Very Competent)
Leisure
Sports of various kinds (running, cycling, tennis), the theatre, watching QPR fighting it out at Loftus Road.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Tax: corporate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Georgia Hicks – Devereux ‘Georgia is an excellent barrister and incredibly good with both professional and lay clients; she is personable, approachable and incredibly responsive. Her knowledge of employment taxes is extensive, and she communicates complex issues very clearly.’
London Bar > Tax: VAT and excise
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Georgia Hicks – Devereux ‘Very strong legal skills and great oral and written advocacy; very hard working and a real super star in the making.’
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Georgia Hicks – Devereux ‘Georgia is an incredibly detailed, staunch litigator, with a very sensible and commercial approach to matters. Her cross-examination is second to none.’