Pump Court Tax Chambers handles a range of complex domestic and international mandates across a range of areas including transfer pricing, double tax treaties and capital allowance disputes. Kevin Prosser KC, David Ewart KC, David Yates KC and the ‘technically proficient’ Sadiya Choudhury KC all featured in BlackRock Holdco 5 LLC v HMRC - a Court of Appeal case concerning the taxation of BlackRock's takeover of Barclays Global Investors - with Prosser also appearing before the Supreme Court in Royal Bank of Canada v HMRC, concerning the taxation of income earned from the sale of oil in the UK continental shelf. Thomas Chacko has appeared before the Court of Appeal in HFFX LLP v HMRC. Zizhen Yang acted as sole counsel in Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v HMRC, representing The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd from the First Tier Tribunal up to the Court of Appeal, and soon the Supreme Court.
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Testimonials
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- 'The clerks are very helpful, responsive and provide an excellent service, especially Bruno Antoniotti.'
- 'The clerks are extremely helpful and well-organised.'
Lawyers
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 Yates KC
Rupert Baldry KC
Richard Vallat KC
‘Thoughtful and innovative.’
James Rivett KC
‘James has excellent judgement. He is highly strategic in his approach to disputes and forensic in his approach to evidence. He gains the client’s trust and confidence very quickly and is always calm and considered. He is a superb litigator.’
Elizabeth Wilson KC
‘Elizabeth is a highly experienced and technically very able barrister. She is fiercely intelligent and a very persuasive advocate who is able to judge the mood of the court. She is determined to do the very best she can for her client.’
Giles Goodfellow KC
2025 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.
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.
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.
Zizhen Yang
Jeremy Woolf
Thomas Chacko
‘Thomas is quite simply the best senior junior commercial tax barrister in the market. He has vast experience with high-value and complex tax litigation. He is able to almost instantly identify the most important technical points in arguments.’
Barbara Belgrano
‘Barbara is an excellent barrister. She has a strong, confident advocacy style and an excellent client manner. A real team player. Responsive and user-friendly.'
Ben Elliott
‘Ben is a formidable advocate. He knows which arguments to focus on and always articulates them with lucidity, no matter how complex the underlying tax issues are. He is also hard working and really gets to grips with the details of the case.'
Charles Bradley
‘Charles is really good across the board, his presenting at tribunal is calm, logical and really effective – he gets the key issues across without waffle or diversion and cuts through waffle on cross-examination.’
James Henderson
Laura Ruxandu
‘Laura is hugely capable. She has superb attention to detail. In any case, she always has an excellent grasp of the facts and the law. You want her on your side.’
Quinlan Windle
Quinlan has a fierce intellect and is able quickly to cut through the detail and land on the essential points in optimising case strategy.’
Ronan Magee
‘Very clever and very engaged in the case. His meticulous attention to detail means that he picks up important points missed by the other side. Great to work with and a fine team player.’