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Pump Court Tax Chambers Offices
Pump Court Tax Chambers
16 BEDFORD ROW
LONDON
WC1R 4EF
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Jeremy White
Position
Jeremy White’s practice covers advice and litigation in both civil and criminal matters regarding international trade and Customs & Excise law. He specializes in trade barriers and trade preference, especially when involving classification, origin, customs valuation and other technical issues. He has been instructed to represent clients in disputes with the Customs Authorities of Belgium, Cameroon, Ireland, India, Kenya, Korea, Thailand, Turkey and the UK.
Landmark cases have included Terex C-430/08, Pace C-288/09 and Invamed C-198/15
Jeremy is qualified to accept Public Access instructions.
Career
Called 1976 (Gray’s Inn); 1977-83: Barrister, 7 Fountain Court, Birmingham; 1983-96: Solicitors Office, HM Customs & Excise; 1996-2000: Senior lawyer, KPMG (led team specialising in indirect tax investigations, litigation, disclosure and risk management): 2000-01: Senior lawyer, KLegal solicitors (responsible for the firm’s trade and customs practice in UK); 2001-present: Barrister, Pump Court Tax Chambers, FIIT CTA.
Memberships
CIOT Indirect Tax Committee
Revenue Bar Association
Customs Practitioners Group
London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
VAT in Industry Group
Education
University of Birmingham (1975 LLB Hons Law with European law)
College of Law and Inns of Court School of Law (1976 Bar Final)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Tax: VAT and excise
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Jeremy White – Pump Court Tax Chambers ‘Jeremy is an excellent barrister and an intimidating opponent. His advocacy is insightful, weighty and persuasive. He has huge knowledge of customs legislation and case law.’
Pump Court Tax Chambers offers ‘high-quality barristers from top to bottom’, able to provide expertise in both advisory and contentious matters. Members have experience in the Upper Tribunal, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, and cover issues relating to stamp duty, early termination payments, and input tax recovery, among a broad range of other mandates. David Milne KC and Andrew Hitchmough KC are highly regarded in the space, as is Kevin Prosser KC, who was recently active for ING Bank in a case before the Court of Appeal on a VAT issue relating to the bank’s deposit-taking service. James Rivett KC maintains a broad tax practice, and has been particularly active in the life sciences sector, while Rupert Baldry KC covers indirect tax cases in all forms, including customs duties and stamp taxes. Jeremy White is a notable expert in matters relating to customs and international trade. Zizhen Yang supplements her VAT practice with strength in landfill tax matters, and appeared as sole counsel for the taxpayer in The Prudential Assurance Company v HMRC, a case relating to the VAT grouping regime which was before the Court of Appeal in early 2024.