Download CV as PDFJames practises in all areas of tax law and is happy to accept instructions under the Joint Advisory Scheme and Special Advocacy Scheme .
James became a tenant in April 2006, following a commercial pupillage at Essex Court Chambers and tax pupillages here and at Gray's Inn Tax Chambers. In late 2006 he spent a period on secondment to the tax department of a major City law firm.
Career
Called 2004 (Lincoln's Inn)
Feb 2009 - Appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown - "C" panel
Recent cases
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Ltd v HMRC (VAT Tribunal)
Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of University of Cambridge v HMRC (High Court)
Community Housing Association v HMRC (High Court)
HMRC v Collins (High Court)
The Eyretel Unapproved Pension Scheme v HMRC (Special Commissioners)
Maco Door & Window Hardware (UK) Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs (House of Lords)
Healthcare at Home Limited v HM Revenue & Customs (VAT Tribunal)
Prudential Assurance Company Limited v HM Revenue & Customs (VAT Tribunal)(Public Interest Immunity)
Prudential Assurance Company Limited v HM Revenue & Customs (VAT Tribunal)
Optos PLC v HM Revenue & Customs (Special Commissioners)
Publications
Regular contributor of articles to specialist tax journals
Contributor to Potter and Monroe’s Tax Planning with Precedents and Atkins Court Forms (Revenue) (2007 Issue)
Author of the statutory construction and Ramsay chapters of Simon’s Direct Tax Service
James lectures regularly on all aspects of tax
Memberships
Revenue Bar Association
VAT Practitioner’s Group
International Fiscal Association
Education
MA (Cantab)(Starred Double First), Clare College, Cambridge
MPhil, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, City University, London (Lord Bowen Scholarship and Hardwicke Award, Lincoln's Inn, 11 King's Walk prize for Public Law, City University)
Bar Vocational Course (Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln's Inn)
The Legal 500 says...
Private Client: Personal Tax
Ranking: Leading Junior
'first-rate' (2009)
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