Andrew Hitchmough specializes in all forms of corporate tax, VAT and Customs duties. He has a strong advisory practice but is particularly well known for his litigation experience in the Courts and Tribunals. He lectures frequently on VAT and corporate transactions.
Career
Called 1991, Inner Temple
Recent cases
Debenhams Retail Plc v CCE (Court of Appeal); Talacre Beach Caravan Sales Limited v CCE (High Court); Wiggett Construction v CCE (High Court); University of Exeter v CCE (VAT Tribunal); Equitatable Life Assurance Society v CCE (VAT Tribunal); Gregg v CCE (ECJ); Jubilee Hall Recreation Centre –v- CCE (Court of Appeal); General Healthcare Group v CCE (VAT Tribunal); Wallis Limited v CCE (VAT Tribunal); Neways Int v CCE (High Court); Penrith RUFC (High Court); Gurney v Spence (High Court); Fenwood Developments v HMRC (High Court); HMRC v Enron Europe Limited (High Court); Shell v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); Marks & Spencer v HMRC (House of Lords); Prudential Assurance Society Limited v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); University of Ulster v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); University of Southampton v HMRC (High Court); Barclays Bank v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); St Andrews Property Management v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); Newnham College Cambridge v HMRC (House of Lords); Marks & Spencer v HMRC (ECJ); Camden Motors Holdings v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); University College London v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); Whitechapel Art Gallery v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); Leisure Pass Group Ltd v HMRC (High Court); Bath Festivals v CCE (VAT Tribunal); Research Machines Plc v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); Egg Leasing Ltd v HMRC (VAT Tribunal); Brunel Motor Company Ltd v HMRC & Ford (Court of Appeal); Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Cambridge v HMRC (High Court); Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Ltd v HMRC (VAT Tribunal).
Memberships
VAT Practitioners Group
Revenue Bar Association
London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
Education
Abraham Guest High School
Winstanley College, Southampton University (1990 LLB Hons, 1st)
Inns of Court School of Law (1991)
The Legal 500 says...
Tax: Corporate and VAT
Rankings: Corporate Tax: Leading Junior, 1st tier; VAT: Leading Junior, 1st tier
'technically strong and excellent advocate' Andrew Hitchmough has an 'encyclopaedic knowledge of VAT' (2010)
The Chambers Guide says...
Tax: Indirect Tax
Ranking: Leading Juniors; Band 2
Andrew Hitchmough has had a very busy year dealing with corporate, VAT and indirect tax matters. He earns praise for his litigation and advisory work, with clients noting he is "confident and decisive, and has the ability to make complex matters sound simple." He leads on virtually all of his cases and has a successful track record in the higher courts and tribunals (2010)
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