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 four 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.
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...
The St Philips Regulatory Group is delighted to announce the appointment of James Withers as its new Senior Clerk. James will be well known to many of our clients, having been part...
James Puzey, Head of St Philips Regulatory Team, led the HMRC counsel team that was successful in resisting this appeal by the subsidiary of the American Investment Bank, Cantor Fitzgerald....
James Puzey, Head of St Philips’ Regulatory Group, has recently acted for the HSE in the prosecution of a developer and contractor in connection with the death of a labourer...
Ben Mills, led by Nigel Lawrence QC, prosecutes Carlsberg who were fined £3 million pounds by Mr Justice Picken at Birmingham Crown Court, following a massive ammonia leak at the...
Andrew Evans successfully represented West Midlands Police in a review of the alcohol and entertainment licence of the Seven Bar in Wednesbury. The premises had long been associated with incidents...
On August 5th 2021, the Sentencing Council published two new sentencing guidelines to be used when both individuals and organisations fall to be sentenced for offences contrary to Section 92...
James Puzey, Head of St Philips Regulatory Group, was instructed by the HSE to prosecute Drayton Manor Park Limited after the death of school girl, Evha Jannath, on the Splash...
The Food Standards Agency (“FSA”) made three applications for the issue of a summons to commence proceedings against Bakers of Nailsea Ltd (“BNL”), the food business operator for an abattoir...
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