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Tax: Private Client | UK Bar

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This section covers work advising or representing private individuals, as well as representing HMRC in cases against individuals. It includes both contentious and non-contentious matters at home and abroad. Indirect tax matters, including such duties as VAT and stamp duty are covered in a separate sub-table, and there is a general Tax table for those advising corporate clients or with a mixed practice.

Rankings overview for Sets

Star Individuals

  1. Kevin Prosser KCPump Court Tax Chambers
  2. William Massey KCPump Court Tax Chambers
1

Band 1

  1. Philip Baker KC
    Philip Baker KC Field Court Tax Chambers28 Years Ranked
  2. Richard Vallat KC
    Richard Vallat KC Pump Court Tax Chambers15 Years Ranked
  3. Amanda Hardy KC5 Stone Buildings
  4. David Ewart KCPump Court Tax Chambers
  5. Felicity Cullen KCDevereux
  6. James Kessler KCOld Square Tax Chambers
  7. Jonathan Davey KCWilberforce Chambers
  8. Julian Ghosh KCOne Essex Court
  9. Rory Mullan KCOld Square Tax Chambers
2

Band 2

  1. Akash Nawbatt KC
    Akash Nawbatt KC Devereux19 Years Ranked
  2. Aparna Nathan KC
    Aparna Nathan KC Devereux19 Years Ranked
  3. Elizabeth Wilson KC
    Elizabeth Wilson KC Pump Court Tax Chambers17 Years Ranked
  4. Brian Green KCWilberforce Chambers
  5. David Goldberg KCGray's Inn Tax Chambers
  6. David Yates KCPump Court Tax Chambers
  7. James Rivett KCPump Court Tax Chambers
  8. Laurent Sykes KCGray's Inn Tax Chambers
  9. Patrick Way KCField Court Tax Chambers
  10. Robert Venables KCOld Square Tax Chambers
3

Band 3

  1. Jonathan Bremner KC
    Jonathan Bremner KC One Essex Court13 Years Ranked
  2. Hui Ling McCarthy KC11 New Square
  3. Nicola Shaw KCGray's Inn Tax Chambers

New Silks

  1. Christopher Stone KC
    Christopher Stone KC Devereux10 Years Ranked
  2. Sadiya Choudhury KCPump Court Tax Chambers

Star Individuals

  1. Emma ChamberlainPump Court Tax Chambers
1

Band 1

  1. Marika Lemos
    Marika Lemos Devereux13 Years Ranked
  2. Imran AfzalField Court Tax Chambers
2

Band 2

  1. Ben Elliott
    Ben Elliott Pump Court Tax Chambers3 Years Ranked
  2. Laura Poots
    Laura Poots Pump Court Tax Chambers12 Years Ranked
  3. Barbara BelgranoPump Court Tax Chambers
  4. Barrie AkinDevereux
  5. Harriet BrownOld Square Tax Chambers
  6. Oliver Marre5 Stone Buildings
3

Band 3

  1. Edward Waldegrave
    Edward Waldegrave 1 Crown Office Row4 Years Ranked
  2. Jonathan S Schwarz
    Jonathan S Schwarz Temple Tax Chambers21 Years Ranked
  3. Patrick Soares
    Patrick Soares Field Court Tax Chambers20 Years Ranked
  4. Rebecca Murray
    Rebecca Murray Devereux12 Years Ranked
  5. Stephen Woodward Three Stone1 Years Ranked
  6. Charles BradleyPump Court Tax Chambers
  7. Laura Inglis1 Crown Office Row
  8. Mary AshleyOld Square Tax Chambers
  9. Nicholas MacklamGray's Inn Tax Chambers
  10. Oliver ConollyPump Court Tax Chambers
  11. Peter VainesField Court Tax Chambers
  12. Ross BirkbeckOld Square Tax Chambers
  13. Ruth Hughes5 Stone Buildings
  14. Sam Chandler5 Stone Buildings
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Up and Coming

  1. Rebecca SheldonOld Square Tax Chambers

All Sets profiles

1

Band 1

  1. Pump Court Tax Chambers
    1
    Pump Court Tax Chambers
    Tax: Private Client
    2025 | Band 1 | 18 Years Ranked
    They are pre-eminent among tax chambers for the breadth and depth of their tax knowledge, coupled with the ability to offer clients practical and commercially oriented advice.
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2

Band 2

  1. Devereux
    2
    Devereux
    Tax: Private Client
    2025 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    All the Devereux barristers I have instructed this year are superb practitioners in the field and more than capable of dealing with the most legally and factually complex cases.
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  2. Old Square Tax Chambers
    2
    Old Square Tax Chambers
    Tax: Private Client
    2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Old Square Tax Chambers' barristers have expertise in direct and indirect tax matters, and several of its members have strong private client tax practices. Several Old Square Tax Chambers barristers have expertise in residence and domicile issues as well as offshore trusts and foreign tax compliance.
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Band 3

  1. 5 Stone Buildings
    3
    5 Stone Buildings
    Tax: Private Client
    2025 | Band 3 | 18 Years Ranked
    The advice provided by 5 Stone's counsel is always clear and well considered, and shows a strong understanding of both the issues in point as well as raising wider points as applicable.
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  2. Wilberforce Chambers
    3
    Wilberforce Chambers
    Tax: Private Client
    2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years Ranked
    Wilberforce Chambers is widely known as one of London's top chancery sets and regularly involved in the largest litigation matters in the UK and offshore. It also has a high-end tax practice for private client matters.
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  3. Field Court Tax Chambers
    Tax: Private Client
    2025 | Band 3
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  4. Gray's Inn Tax Chambers
    Tax: Private Client
    2025 | Band 3
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