Download CV as PDFLaura became a tenant in October 2008, following successful completion of pupillage. Until April 2009, she spent a period on secondment to the private client & tax department of a major City law firm. Laura practises in all areas of revenue law and is happy to accept instructions under the Joint Advisory Scheme and Special Advocacy Scheme .
Career
Called: October 2007, Middle Temple
Recent cases
Bath Festivals v HMRC (VAT Tribunal)
Test Claimants in the Thin Cap Group Litigation v HMRC (High Court hearing on whether breach was sufficiently serious for the purposes of awarding damages against the State)
Barclays Bank plc v HMRC (Judicial Review, High Court)
Recent advisory work
Corporate:
Rollover relief
Loan relationships
Land remediation relief
Construction Industry Scheme
Litigation expenses as allowable deductions
Personal:
Determining domicile & residence
Conditional exemption & maintenance funds
Disposals of trust interests
Tax consequences of estoppel
Publications
At a glance (contributor) (2009-2010 edition)
Memberships
Revenue Bar Association
London Chancery and Commercial Bar Association
Education
2006-2007: Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court Law School (Very competent)
2002-2006: St John's College, Oxford (First Class BA Hons, Jurisprudence)
Miscellaneous
2004-2005: President, The Oxford Union
2003-2005: President, St John's College Law Society
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