Jeremy Woolf’s practice includes a mixture of non-contentious and contentious work relating to all taxes, including personal and corporate taxes, VAT and SDLT. Contentious work includes negligence, judicial review and variation of trust act and rectification proceedings raising tax issues.
Jeremy is qualified to accept Public Access instructions.
Called 1986
University of Sussex BA (Upper Second)
Cambridge University LLM (Upper Second)
Zamir and Woolf: The Declaratory Judgment (2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition)
DeSmith Woolf & Jowell: Judicial Review of Administrative Action 5th Edition (contributor of Chapter 23 on Revenue Law)
Halsbury’s Laws of England Vol 12(2) Customs and Excise (joint contributor)
DeVoil Indirect Tax Service (contributor)
Simon’s Direct Tax Service (contributor)
Civil Appeals (contributor to chapter on tax appeals)
Potter & Monroe – contributor
VAT:
Abbey National -v- Commissioners of Customs and Excise [2006] STC 1136 (European Court of Justice): the scope of the exemption in Article 13B(d)(6) of the Sixth Directive for the management of special investment funds
My Travel plc (formerly Airtours plc) -v- Commissioners of Customs and Excise [2005] STC 1617: (European Court of Justice): tour operator’s margin scheme and apportionment of consideration
Commissioners of Customs and Excise -v- Pegasus Birds [2004] STC 1509 (CA) validity of best judgment assessment
Customs and Excise -v- Madgett & Baldwin [1998] STC 1189 (European Court of Justice): tour operator’s margin scheme and apportionment of consideration
Computeach International Limited [1994] VATTR 237: unjust enrichment
DenmanCollege [1998] VATDR 399: supplies of construction and services
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op -v- Customs and Excise [1995] STC 5283: retail schemes
Investigations and human rights
King -v- Walden [2001] STC 822: whether civil penalties are criminal for Human Rights purposes and issue estoppel on tax appeals
King -v- United Kingdom [2004] STC 911 application to the European Court of Human Rights: whether civil penalties are criminal and whether delay resulted in a breach of article 6 of the Convention
R (on the application of APVCO 19 Ltd) v HM Treasury [2015] STC 2272 (CA) (compatibility of retrospective legislation with the European Court of Human Rights)
Income tax, capital gains tax, corporation tax, stamp duty and national insurance:
Dunsten -v- Young Austen & Young [1989] STC 69: meaning of reorganisation
CIR -v- Burton [1990] STC 242: approval of share scheme
Pepper -v- Hart [1993] STC 898 HL: use of Hansard/benefits in kind
Marriot -v- Lane [1996] STC 704: retirement relief
Edmunds -v- Coleman [1997] STC 1406: new profession
R -v- IRC ex p Roux [1997] STC 781: removal of approval from pension scheme
HMRC -v- Household Estates [2007] EWHC 1684 (ch): power to make further assessments
Talentcore -v-HMRC [2012] UKUT 423 (TCC): agency workers
John Mander Pension Trustees Ltd v HMRC [2015] STC 2231 (SC) (validity of assessment made on retrospective loss of approval of a pension scheme)
Inheritance tax:
IRC -v- Eversden [2003] STC 822 (CA): reservation of benefit on spouse exempt gifts
Revenue Bar Association
CIOT indirect tax sub-committee
Chairman: CIOT EU and Human Rights sub-committee
Chair of the indirect tax sub-committee and vice chair of the fiscal committee of the Confederation Fiscale Européenne
The Confederation Fiscale Européenne’s alternate representative on the European Commission’s VAT Expert Group
The CIOT’s alternate representative on the European Commission’s Expert Group on removing tax problems facing individuals who are active across borders within the EU
VAT Practitioners Group
London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
Institute of Indirect Taxation (Fellow)
Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group
Administrative Law Bar Association
Award of Certificate of Merit (Chartered Institute of Taxation)
Tax: Corporate
Ranking: Band 1
Senior junior with extensive experience in a range of complex corporate tax litigation and advisory mandates. He is particularly strong on income tax and employee benefit trusts issues. He is also knowledgeable about judicial reviews and tax-related human rights matters.
“Very thorough.” “Technically strong and very user-friendly.” (2019)
. . . “He has a detailed knowledge of tax law and an ability to size up a situation and deliver relevant, pertinent advice.” “Very user-friendly.” (2018)
. . . ”He is very client-friendly, almost impossibly nice and charming, and very tenacious. He will pull out all the stops and will work frighteningly hard to win.” (2017)
Tax: VAT
Ranking: Leading Junior, Tier 3
‘In court he is a softly spoken yet heavyweight advocate, who always impresses with his sound, erudite no-nonsense submissions.’ (2020)
‘He is admired for his knowledge of international tax issues.’ (2019)
‘Strikes a good rapport with judges and an absolute delight to work with.’ (2018)
Tax: Corporate
Ranking: Leading Junior, Tier 1
‘In court he is a softly spoken yet heavyweight advocate, who always impresses with his sound, erudite no-nonsense submissions.’ (2020)
‘He is an absolute delight to work with.’ (2019)
‘Confident even in the most challenging court situations.’ (2018)
Tax- Private Client: Personal Tax
Ranking: Leading Junior, Tier 3
‘A highly recommended junior.’ (2020)
‘Highly rated for SDLT.’ (2019)
‘Exceedingly strong; he cannot be recommended highly enough.’ (2018)
