With members appearing at all levels of the courts, Devereux continues to act regularly on behalf of HMRC all the while developing its taxpayer practice. The set covers contentious and non-contentious matters, and has members with particular expertise in the interface of employment and tax law. Akash Nawbatt KC, continues to appear on behalf of HMRC in Lloyd’s Banking Group v HMRC, as well as opposing Georgia Hicks and Harry Sheehan in HMRC v Professional Match Game Referees, again appearing for HMRC.
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Profile
Position
Georgia Hicks' practice areas are tax, employment, and sports law. She is particularly highly regarded in the field of employment-related taxes, including: employment status; IR35; taxation of damages and termination payments. She represents a range of private clients (media journalists, football clubs, referee associations, radio DJs) as well as HMRC. Notable recent tax cases include: Professional Game Match Officials Ltd v HMRC [2020] S.T.C. 1077; Tottenham Hotspur v HMRC [2018] 4 WLR 17; R (oao Glencore) v HMRC [2017] 4 WLR 213.
An accomplished advocate, she regularly appears in multi-day hearings in employment and tax cases, both led and instructed in her own right.
For more information on Georgia's practice and latest case highlights, please consult her full Devereux profile.
Career
Called 2012 (Gray’s Inn); Appointed to the Attorney General's Panel of Counsel (C Panel) in 2017.
Prizes and awards: The James Hunt Prize for Advocacy (Gray’s Inn 2013); The Ede and Ravenscroft Advocacy Prize (Gray’s Inn 2012); The Norman Tapp Memorial Prize for Excellence in Mooting (Gray’s Inn, 2012).
Languages
German (intermediate).
Memberships
RBA, IFS, ELA, ELBA, PNBA, FRU.
Education
University of Oxford, BA (Hons) English Language and Literature (First Class)
City University GDL (Distinction)
City University London BPTC (Very Competent)
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