Nicola Shaw KC
‘Her attention to detail is second to none. She is technically brilliant and give their advice in the client’s commercial context.’
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
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Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers features a ‘strong bench of barristers’ acting for individual taxpayers and HMRC alike in cases reaching the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. The set is also known for handling complex cross-border tax disputes. ’Figurehead’ David Goldberg KC, appeared before the Court of Appeal on behalf of Scottish Power in ScottishPower Ltd & Ors v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and led Sam Brodsky in Chemidex Generics Ltd v HMRC. Nicola Shaw KC’s practice covers all aspects of contentious tax work, appearing as sole counsel before the Supreme Court in Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Dolphin Drilling Ltd concerning the taxation of tender support vessels. Nikhil Mehta continues to carry out work on significant cross-border matters.
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Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
David Goldberg KC
‘David is the best barrister in his field.’
Michael Jones KC
Laurent Sykes KC
‘Laurent has clearly a deep intellect, but is also very pragmatic in coming up with solutions and ways forward. He has also been extremely helpful at navigating difficult issues in a very short timeframe.'
2024 Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Michael Lewis Firth KC
'Michael is an exceptional advocate and is unique in that on every tax litigation matter that he has been instructed on has not required the support of a junior.'
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Nikhil Mehta
‘Nikhil is extremely experienced and unusually commercially minded. Due to his background in the private practice of law in a corporate environment, he has a unique understanding of the transactions to which his tax advice is directed.
Nicholas Macklam
‘Nicholas is a star performer. His legal reasoning skills are superb. His advocacy skills, both written and oral, are pitch-perfect. Excellent attention to detail. A real team player. A pleasure to work.’
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
Harry Winter
Excellent legal reasoning abilities. Never leaves a stone unturned. Always prepared to go the extra mile. A pleasure to work with. Wise beyond his years.‘