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About
Provided by Laura Poots
Practice Areas
Corporate tax
Business and employment tax
Private client tax
Indirect tax
Career
Laura practises in all areas of taxation, acting in the course of disputes and litigation and offering planning and compliance advice. Her direct tax practice covers personal and corporate taxes and her indirect tax practice includes VAT, SDLT and landfill tax.
She has in recent years appeared in a number of high-profile cases, both for the taxpayer and HMRC (as a member of the A Panel).
In indirect tax, high-profile cases include JP Morgan Chase Bank, BlackRock Investment Management and Brockenhurst College. Her recent matters have covered financial services, insurance, pensions, education, charities and travel.
In corporate, business and employer tax, recent cases include BlueCrest (salaried members legislation), Dunsby & Clipperton (taxation of distributions and interaction with settlements legislation) and Charles Tyrwhitt (national insurance contributions). She also has particular expertise in litigating tax disputes relating to pensions (e.g. Dalriada and Morgan Lloyd Trustees) and oil-related activities (e.g. Sentinel Marine, in the Falkland Islands).”
Professional Memberships
Revenue Bar Association (Committee Member & Diversity Officer)
VAT Practitioners Group
Chancery Bar Association
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Laura Poots acts for both the Revenue and the taxpayer in a range of corporate tax instructions. She has notable expertise in pension tax disputes and procedural cases.
Laura Poots is a junior with wide experience of advising the taxpayer and the Revenue in indirect tax cases. She is particularly noted for her expertise in VAT, and has handled a number of cases involving the exemption for special investment funds.
Laura Poots acts on a range of private client tax matters and often acts for the Revenue. Poots's tax practice covers direct and indirect taxation and both corporate and personal taxes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Laura is very clear and considered in her advice."
"Laura Poots is excellent: very clear, very responsive and practical."
"Laura Poots is very astute. She distils problems into their constituent elements and helps develop practical solutions."
"All of Laura's comments were incisive and to the point. The client really rated her input, too."
"She works extremely hard and is very well informed about VAT."
"She's exceptionally personable and a brilliant technician."
"Laura is very clear and considered in her advice."
"Laura Poots is excellent: very clear, very responsive and practical."
"Laura Poots is very astute. She distils problems into their constituent elements and helps develop practical solutions."
"All of Laura's comments were incisive and to the point. The client really rated her input, too."
"She works extremely hard and is very well informed about VAT."
"She's exceptionally personable and a brilliant technician."
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