We recognise that clients demand specialist knowledge from barristers who are technically astute, excellent in court and aware of wider commercial issues and personable.
St Philips Chambers is fortunate to have regulatory barristers who have won selection to the Treasury Solicitors’ Panel of Counsel. They are briefed to appear on behalf of Government departments and agencies such as the Home Office, HM Revenue and Customs, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Health and Safety Executive.
The work carried out by the Panel Counsel in Chambers on behalf of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has led to the development of Chambers’ expertise in the field of VAT, Customs and Excise Duty, as well as other indirect taxes such as the Aggregates Levy and Landfill Tax.
No other Chambers outside London can rival the depth of experience or profile of St Philips’ indirect tax practitioners, which has been built up over 15 years. Counsel have acted on behalf of the Revenue in leading judgments in the field of penalties for VAT evasion, missing trader fraud, and the seizure and detention of excise goods. St Philips’ Counsel are regularly briefed in Court of Appeal and Upper Tribunal matters, as well as appearing across the British Isles in the First Tier Tribunal. In the last year, for example, Counsel have represented HMRC in cases against General Motors UK Ltd, the European Tour Operators’ Association and The Royal College of Paediatricians.
St Philips Chambers revenue practitioners bring to bear a depth of experience, quality and clarity of advice and a flexibility of approach, which are sought after and valued by all those who instruct them.
James Withers and Somaya Shaikh.
We are delighted to announce the further strengthening of our criminal and regulatory groups through the successful recruitment of five high-calibre new members. New tenants Rebecca Wade KC, Will Smout,...
We would like to offer a warm welcome to Vithyah Chelvam who has joined Chambers’ Criminal and Regulatory Groups as a Probationary Tenant. Vithyah joins Chambers after completing pupillage at the Crown...
Duncan was called to the Bar in 2011, following a 20-year career in the licensed trade. Over the last decade, Duncan has developed his practice to become one of the...
We are delighted to confirm that Clare Rennie has joined St Philips Chambers as a tenant following the successful completion of her pupillage. Clare joins our Criminal and Regulatory Groups,...
The company appeared before Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court on 3 May 2023, entered a Guilty plea to a single charge of causing an illegal water discharge and was sentenced. Despite extensive...
Ben Williams has prosecuted two companies in a Health & Safety case at Newcastle Crown. The sentencing judge determined that the first defendant, Tolent Construction Limited’s breach of construction safety...
On 28 March 2023, LM140121 Ltd (formerly known as Le Maitre Ltd) was found guilty after a trial of breaching health and safety regulations in relation to operations at their...
James Puzey, Head of St Philips Regulatory, has recently prosecuted the UK’s largest fuel pipeline operator, Exolum PS Limited, for offences of failing to ensure workers’ safety under the Health...
James Puzey, Head of St Philips Regulatory, has successfully led the HMRC Counsel team in the case of Bell and Mitchell v HMRC [2023] EWCA (Civ) 261. The case concerned...
Wm Morrison’s Supermarkets were fined £3,500,000 on the 17/3/23 having been convicted of health and safety failings at a trial prosecuted by Richard Atkins KC of St Philips Chambers, leading...
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