Temple Tax Chambers

Tim spent 12 years in HM Customs & Excise (now HM Revenue and Customs), where he began his career at an international airport. He then moved on to a Local VAT Office and an excise team before joining the National Investigation Service (now Law Enforcement), where he was a case officer for numerous serious offences including VAT, customs duty and excise duty frauds.

Tim then broadened his experience by joining the Indirect Tax team at Deloitte & Touche for four years, followed by the Tax Investigations team at PricewaterhouseCoopers for three years. During this time, in addition to advising large corporations and smaller businesses on their tax affairs, he also appeared on several occasions as an expert witness for the defence representing persons accused of VAT fraud by HM

Customs & Excise.

Tim has consistently been listed as leading junior counsel for VAT in the Legal 500 since 2009.

Tim has an honours degree in law from Nottingham School and was called to the Bar in 2001.

Tim is a keen motorcyclist and footballer (from the comfort of his armchair nowadays). In 1982 he captained England Schools Under-18 football team and went on to have spells at Notts County FC and Mansfield Town FC.