A number of members of chambers are frequently instructed in tax and vat litigation and investigations. They have extensive experience of acting for HM Revenue & Customs in their capacity as members of the Junior Counsel to the Crown’s Panels and Philip Jones QC has continued to be instructed regularly as a QC.

Philip Jones QC is recommended by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 directories for his tax work and Ruth Jordan is a member of the C Panel who has a busy tax and vat litigation practice acting for HMRC.

Their recent cases include:

Harding v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] BTC 722 – case concerning the construction of section 117(1)(b) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.

Irving v HMRC – contributions in kind made by a company to an employee’s funded unapproved retirement benefits scheme.

Collins v HMRC – tax avoidance scheme involving the issue of Isle of Man insurance bonds.

Smith & Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs [2008] W.T.L.R. 147; [2007] B.T.C. 8010; [2007] S.T.I. 2560; (2007) 157 N.L.J. 1506) - case on the interpretation of s.263 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984.