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About
Provided by Ben Elliott
Practice Areas
Corporate tax
Private client tax
Indirect tax
Judicial review
Professional negligence
Insolvency/company
Cryptoassets
Career
Ben is a highly-regarded junior with a broad tax practice encompassing both litigation and advisory work across a wide range of industry sectors, including large multinationals, owner-managed businesses and high-net worth individuals. His specialisms include corporate, private client, indirect tax and judicial review. He also acts and advises in commercial and chancery proceedings with tax aspects, including cases concerning professional negligence, trusts, partnerships, insolvency, family law, and property conveyancing, and cases concerning crypto and blockchain assets.
Ben regularly appears in significant cases, including before the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Court of Justice of the European Union. He is the editor and co-author of the Tax Litigation Handbook and author of the tax chapters in Sport: Law and Practice (Lewis and Taylor). Chambers and Partners has described him as “Technically brilliant and very hard-working” and “an excellent advocate whose style combines attention to detail with persuasive force.”
Ben's full profile, including details of his areas of specialism and recent cases, can be found here: https://www.pumptax.com/barrister/ben-elliott/
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Ben Elliott is a well-regarded junior, frequently handling complex tax cases. Elliott appears, led and unled, in major private client tax litigation matters, and is developing expertise in the taxation of cryptocurrency assets.
Ben Elliott is a junior with an extensive practice who acts led and unled in cases at all levels of the UK courts system. He has expertise in handling a vast array of cases including those relating to employment and payroll taxes, corporate tax and EU tax law.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ben is very bright and good tactically."
"He did the bulk of the work in our case and was very good at communicating with clients. He was responsive in a way some people at the Tax Bar are not."
"Ben Elliott is a fantastic all-round barrister and good guy. Technically brilliant and very hard-working."
"Ben is great; he's one of the go-to juniors. He works really hard, and his level of experience and the types of cases he has done relative to his level of seniority are very good."
"Ben is a superb tax lawyer and has a very approachable, friendly and open manner with both clients and those instructing him, which is much appreciated."
"Ben is very bright and good tactically."
"He did the bulk of the work in our case and was very good at communicating with clients. He was responsive in a way some people at the Tax Bar are not."
"Ben Elliott is a fantastic all-round barrister and good guy. Technically brilliant and very hard-working."
"Ben is great; he's one of the go-to juniors. He works really hard, and his level of experience and the types of cases he has done relative to his level of seniority are very good."
"Ben is a superb tax lawyer and has a very approachable, friendly and open manner with both clients and those instructing him, which is much appreciated."
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