Emma Chamberlain > Chambers of Kevin Prosser KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Kevin Prosser KC
Pump Court Tax Chambers
16 BEDFORD ROW
LONDON
WC1R 4EF
England

Living Wage

Position

Emma Chamberlain specialises in tax and trust advice for private clients, trusts and charities. Her practice is focused particularly on IHT and CGT as well as advising foreign domiciliaries and trustees. She frequently advises on taxation issues in connection with divorce and family issues, on BPR and APR and on residence, remittance and domicile enquiries. In some circumstances Emma is able to accept instructions via Public Access.

Emma regularly writes for Tax Journal, Private Client Business, Tax Adviser and British Tax Review. 

Career

Admitted as a Solicitor, 1986
Called, 1998
Visiting Professor of Law at University of Oxford (Taxation of Global Wealth on the MsC in Taxation course)
Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE

Memberships

Member of the GAAR Advisory Panel
Member of Tax Law Review Committee IFS
Member of the advisory board of the Office of Tax Simplification- IHT Review
Chair of Chartered Institute of Taxation – Chair of Succession Taxes Committee
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation & former Council member
S.T.E.P. (Technical Committee)
Chancery Bar Association
Revenue Bar Association
Member of the advisory board for the Resolution Foundation: Standard Life Foundation wealth project

Education

University of Oxford (BA (Hons) Modern History); College of Law; Royal Academy of Music (LRAM).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Tax: personal

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Emma ChamberlainPump Court Tax Chambers ‘Technically brilliant, commercial, and really the only person anybody with complex offshore trust affairs should go to when the stakes are high. Her experience in domicile is second to none.’

‘Go-to set for tax’ Pump Court Tax Chambers holds ‘some of the finest minds in the business’, with expertise in the full scope of advisory and contentious private client matters, including offshore work. William Massey KC is a key name for inheritance tax, with a practice which covers issues relating to trusts, land, and landed estates. James Rivett KC has strength in offshore taxation, and has represented prominent individuals in contentious tax matters. Kevin Prosser KC has significant litigation experience, including recently appearing in the Upper Tribunal on behalf of hedge fund HFFX concerning the taxation of individual member’s profits. Elizabeth Wilson KC maintains a practice in property relief and estate planning, with a growing offering in trusts. Emma Chamberlain is highly regarded in trust and tax work, with a client base of both UK and foreign domiciliaries.