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Provided by Christopher Stone KC
Practice Areas
Ranked in: Employment; Tax; and Tax: private client.
Chris has a substantial senior-junior practice in all three practice areas. He has appeared unled at all levels of the appellate system, including the Supreme Court (R(Haworth) v HMRC) and Court of Appeal (JLT v Craven; Nautilus v Seahorse; Higgins v HMRC). He often appears in multi-day, high value cases at first instance and has a reputation as a ferocious cross-examiner who is always thoroughly prepared.
Chris is a leading expert in subjects that crossover between employment and tax, in particular employment status, IR35 and the taxation of employment income. Chris’ tax specialisms include residence and domicile and the deductibility of expenses. Chris is instructed in general commercial matters, including high-value contractual disputes, professional negligence cases (particularly solicitors’ negligence involving failed litigation) and sports disputes.
For more information, please visit https://www.devereuxchambers.co.uk/barristers/profile/christopher-stone
Career
Appointed Recorder in 2022. Appointed to Treasury Panel of Counsel (A Panel) in September 2021. Called 2007; Educated St. Anne's College, Oxford and Australian National University. Before coming to the Bar, Chris was a strategy consultant at Accenture and then M&A Manager at News International. This background supports his commercial and practical approach to legal issues.
Professional Memberships
ELA, RBA, ELBA.
Publications
Contributing author to Bloomsbury Professional's Discrimination Law.
Personal
Equalities and Diversity Officer, Devereux. President Kew Occasionals RFC.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Christopher Stone KC runs a balanced employment law practice, acting for employers and employees. He has experience in a plethora of employment law matters including complex tribunal matters involving unfair dismissal and whistle-blowing detriment claims. He has crossover knowledge of commercial and tax law.
Christopher Stone KC specialises in employment taxation and income tax issues, acting for the Revenue and taxpayers, handling advisory work and litigation. His particular areas of expertise include tax procedure, employment status and the tax treatment of termination agreements.
Christopher Stone KC is particularly highlighted for his Revenue work. Stone is an accomplished and experienced tax litigator with particular expertise in residence and domicile matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Christopher is brilliant. He provides excellent advocacy and has impressive analytical skills."
"Christopher is a calm, unflappable advocate and forensic in the way he examines the witnesses."
"Chris is very responsive, pragmatic and clear in his advice. He is also very good with witnesses who are unfamiliar with the tribunal process."
"He is a leading junior and is extremely bright. He has a strength in working for HMRC and also for the taxpayer. He has an unusually good perception from both sides."
"Chris's written and oral advocacy skills are excellent, and the advice he provides is clear and pragmatic. Chris is hard-working, approachable and also has a great manner with clients."
"Chris Stone KC is incredibly hard-working, incredibly bright and doing a lot of hard work. He's just taken silk, and he deserves it."
"He has a good sense of how the judge will react and is a great strategist."
"An excellent cross-examiner, who commands respect of the court."
"A very good, sensible barrister with strong advocacy skills."
"Christopher is brilliant. He provides excellent advocacy and has impressive analytical skills."
"Christopher is a calm, unflappable advocate and forensic in the way he examines the witnesses."
"Chris is very responsive, pragmatic and clear in his advice. He is also very good with witnesses who are unfamiliar with the tribunal process."
"He is a leading junior and is extremely bright. He has a strength in working for HMRC and also for the taxpayer. He has an unusually good perception from both sides."
"Chris's written and oral advocacy skills are excellent, and the advice he provides is clear and pragmatic. Chris is hard-working, approachable and also has a great manner with clients."
"Chris Stone KC is incredibly hard-working, incredibly bright and doing a lot of hard work. He's just taken silk, and he deserves it."
"He has a good sense of how the judge will react and is a great strategist."
"An excellent cross-examiner, who commands respect of the court."
"A very good, sensible barrister with strong advocacy skills."
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