Nicholas Macklam > Radcliffe Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Radcliffe Chambers
11 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QB
England

Position

Barrister specialising in both contentious and non-contentious private client work; trusts, wills and estates; property law; tax; pensions; charities; insolvency; and commercial litigation.

Career

Called 2013 (Lincoln’s Inn); former research assistant at the Law Commission for England and Wales (2010-2013) (property law team); former sessional lecturer in land law at the University of Reading; judicial assistant to Lord Justice Longmore at the Court of Appeal (April-July 2015); secondee barrister at the Pensions Regulator (June-Dec 2016). Notable cases: Ingenious Games LLP and others v HMRC [2015] UKUT 105 (TCC) and [2016] UKFTT 0521 (TC), Acornwood LLP and others v HMRC [2016] UKUT 0361 (TCC) and related cases arising out of the ‘Icebreaker’ tax litigation.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association

Education

University of Reading (2009 LLB (Hons) Law 1st); St Hugh’s College, Oxford (2010 BCL); The University of Law (2013 BPTC, Outstanding).

Leisure

Tennis; badminton; cycling; golf.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Tax: corporate

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Nicholas Macklam – Radcliffe ChambersNicholas is superb at everything he turns his hand to. Crystal-clear written and oral advocacy. Practical and strategic in approach. Excellent client manner.’

London Bar > Tax: personal

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Nicholas Macklam Radcliffe ChambersNicholas is superb at everything he turns his hand to. Crystal-clear written and oral advocacy. Practical and strategic in approach. Excellent client manner. A star in the making.’