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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Sadiya was called to the Bar in 2002 and became a member of Chambers following completion of her second six pupillage in 2003. She has a broad advisory and litigation practice across all areas of direct and indirect tax law. She has appeared by herself and as a junior in several cases in the specialist tax tribunals as well as courts at all levels.
Sadiya has been a member of the Attorney General’s a Panel since September 2021 and is regularly instructed by HMRC, the National Crime Agency and other government departments. She is qualified to accept instructions under the Public Access scheme.
Career
Qualified 2002; Lincoln’s Inn.
Languages
Urdu (bilingual), Hindi, Punjabi
Memberships
Revenue Bar Association
London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
VAT Practitioners Group
Education
Kinnaird College, Lahore, Pakistan: BSc (Pure Sciences, First)
St Edmund Hall, Oxford: M.A. (Jurisprudence, First)
Inns Court School of Law: Bar Vocational Course (Very Competent)
Denning and Sunley Scholarships, Lincoln’s Inn
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