Northern Circuit
Exchange Chambers ‘has great strength in depth and is a go-to chambers for employment work in the North West’. Catherine Knowles stands out for her experience handling discrimination and whistleblowing claims. She is noted particularly for her work for public sector respondents and her complementary personal injury practice means that claims involving complex medical evidence and issues regarding pension loss are areas of particular strength. Scott Redpath represents both public and private sector employers as well as employees and trade unions. David Tinkler stands out for his expertise in whistleblowing and discrimination claims. He is a first port of call for police forces, local governments, and private employers.
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Commercial
Position
Tax disputes and planning, companies, employment and incentives, National Insurance, pensions, share schemes, trusts and estates, residence, domicile, indirect tax, VAT, IPT, customs duties (warehousing, wholesalers, and hydrocarbon) insolvency, share and property valuation, penalties and enforcement, proceeds of crime. complex fraud, money laundering, tax and duties evasion, pensions fraud. Brexit implications for National Insurance, pensions and duties. Notable cases: HMRC v Cotter (SC); Pike v HMRC (CA); Bulley, HMIT v Hemmer Investments Limited (HC); Chadwick (Trustee in Bankruptcy for Braniffe) v National Crime Agency (FtT); Eatough v HMRC (FtT); R v Lee (CA Crim Div); R v Roach (CA Crim Div); Jennings v Crown Prosecution Service (CA and HL).
Employment and pensions, litigation, advice and drafting, corporate support, all areas of employment and discrimination law, TUPE, National Minimum Wage, public, private and overseas pensions; social security. Notable cases: Merry v Ministry of Justice (CA); Department for Education v Molyneux (CA).
Judicial review and public law. Notable cases: R (Howard) v Official Receiver (Admin); R (Rouse) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (UT); R (Derry) v Revenue and Customs (Admin).
Career
Called 1996; Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional Panel); Accredited Mediator
Memberships
- Temple Tax Chambers, London
- Revenue Bar Association
- Chancery Bar Association
- Northern Chancery Bar Association
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Testimonials
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- 'Neil Wright is very responsive, good at his job and an absolute pleasure to deal with.'
- 'The clerks are excellent, they are able to provide appropriate recommendations as to what counsel we require for a particular matter, and respond to queries in a timely manner.'
- 'The clerks are very responsive to emails.'
- 'They are a leading set and lead clerk Neil Wright is brilliant.'
- 'Exchange has great strength in depth and is a go-to chambers for employment work in the North West.'
- 'Exchange Chambers has an impressive strength in depth in employment law matters.'
- 'An excellent set.'