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Temple Tax Chambers Offices
3 TEMPLE GARDENS, 1ST FLOOR
TEMPLE, LONDON
EC4Y 9AU
England
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Philip Ridgway
Position
All forms of corporate and personal tax, including company reconstructions and demergers, return of capital to shareholders, substantial shareholdings, entrepreneurs relief, corporate debt, SDLT, stamp duty and SDRT.. Particular specialism in the taxation of insolvent companies, including liquidations, administrations, administrative receiverships and bankruptcy of individuals.
Career
Called 1986, Middle Temple; 1986-87 pupillage; 1987 Paisner & Co; 1989 Allen & Overy; 1993 Coopers & Lybrand; 1996 Deloitte & Touche LLP; partner 1999; Temple Tax Chambers 2007. Publications of note include: ‘Tax Indemnities and Warrenties’ (Bloomsbury 3rd ed); contributor Lightman & Moss ‘Law of Administrators and Administrative Receivers of Companies’; contributor Totty & Moss ‘Insolvency’; ‘Editorial Board’; ‘Insolvency Intelligence’.
Memberships
Addington Society; CIOT Corporate taxes sub-committee; Stamp Tax Practitioners Group; Revenue Bar Association.
Education
City School, Sheffield; City of London Polytechnic (1984 BA); Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1985 LLM); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation; Joint Insolvency Examination Board Exams 2007.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Tax: corporate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Philip Ridgway – Temple Tax Chambers ‘Philip is on top of his game – he has an encyclopedic knowledge of tax law. A brilliant tax barrister for the most complex case. Bright and articulate and thoroughly prepared.’
Temple Tax Chambers is ‘well-rounded and well-known in the tax industry’, with a record in litigation and advisory matters at all levels. Areas covered include corporate reorganisations, transactions, and insolvencies, in addition to employment tax issues. Head of chambers Alun James has a robust practice in both disputes and advisory matters, and is experienced in matters relating to the tax aspects of transactions. Ximena Montes Manzano has expertise in employment tax matters, appearing in 2023 in Red, White and Green Ltd v HMRC on IR35 provisions relating to the payment of TV presenters and broadcasters – in this matter representing the personal service company of Eamonn Holmes. Jonathan Schwarz covers a range of international tax matters, including double tax relief, transfer pricing, and cross-border transactions. Michael Sherry is experienced in courts of all levels, and has a broad tax practice which includes professional negligence cases concerning tax advice. Philip Ridgway‘s corporate tax practice includes matters relating to insolvency, with clients such as O&H St Georges Ltd, which faced a potential £1.9m tax bill after a company was placed prematurely into liquidation. Scott Redpath covers matters relating to R&D tax, employment tax, and professional negligence in tax, among other issues.