Members
Michael Ashe practises as an advocate and gives advice on business and finance law, particularly in commercial Chancery, company law, contract, financial services, partnership, tax and conflicts of laws matters. He also practises at the Bar of Ireland www.lawlibrary.ie
Michael also undertakes advocacy and advice in other common law jurisdictions and has appeared as an expert witness on English and Irish law in foreign courts. He is also a canon lawyer in the Catholic Church.
He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1971, to the Bar of Ireland in 1975 and to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1993. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in England & Wales in 1994 and in Northern Ireland in 1998. He was appointed Senior Counsel in Ireland in 2000. He was a Recorder of the Crown Court from 2000 to 2019 and is a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple.
Hartley was called to the Bar in 1997. He acts as an advocate, in relation to which he has appeared both on his own and as part of a team in a wide variety of cases, and in an advisory capacity.
Hartley advises in relation to all areas of contentious tax (both direct and indirect, and including customs duties). His practice encompasses tax appeals before the tribunals and courts, judicial review, and professional negligence (claims and defence). He has acted on over 60 reported tax cases, including 4 House of Lords / Supreme Court cases and 5 references to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Hartley also has considerable experience of advising individuals and companies in the context of criminal, or quasi-criminal, investigations undertaken by HM Revenue & Customs.
Adrian is the current Joint Head of Chambers. Adrian is a highly regarded advisor with broad experience across a range of sectors and businesses. He has particular expertise in large corporate transactions and restructuring, land development, trusts, and estates, especially intangibles, as well as celebrity and HINWI tax and cross-border matters.
Adrian has had a varied career in tax as a partner in two City law firms, a tenant for many years at Pump Court Tax Chambers, and an academic at Oxford and Professor of Business Law at King’s College, London. For 13 years he was a judge of the First Tier Tax Tribunal and of the Upper Tier Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber).
Lynne is a Full Member of Chambers. Lynne was called to the Bar in 1986 and has since practised in Lincoln’s Inn Chancery chambers. Her two areas of expertise are private client (traditional Chancery work such as probate procedure, accounts, Inheritance Act claims, Court of Protection matters, cases under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958, mutual wills, construction of wills and trusts) and financial services (interpretation of the FSMA 2000, collective investment schemes, regulatory issues and the marketing of investments).
This is with a particular emphasis on drafting but also includes advisory and litigation work. Drafting comprises the drafting and interpretation of wills and trusts as well as commercial documents.
Charlotte is an Associate Member of Chambers, based in Manchester. Her practice encompasses all taxes and tax-related matters with specific expertise in indirect tax litigation.
Charlotte has previously worked in the tax litigation teams of City Law Firms, including a Big 4 Firm, and has significant experience in handling disputes between taxpayers and HMRC, including settlement negotiations and ADR.
Charlotte was appointed to the Attorney General’s Regional C Panel in 2018.
Cornwell Dauds is an Associate Member of Addington Chambers. Cornwell obtained advanced qualifications in tax in three jurisdictions – South Africa, the US as well as the UK. He practises in all aspects of tax offering drafting, advisory and advocacy services in corporate tax, income tax, capital gains tax and VAT, including judicial reviews. His advanced qualifications in finance and accounting allows him to confidently advise clients on corporate finance and structured finance transactions. His advocacy skills have been sharpened by his advanced training in the art and skills of trial advocacy and regular appearances before the Tax Courts and High Courts of South Africa. He has also published widely in tax.
Cornwell also practises in competition law and has been involved in issues related to cartel practices, excessive pricing and abuse of dominance. He often appears before the Competition Tribunal of South Africa and has published in this practice area.
Cornwell’s commercial law practice includes, among others, breach of contract claims, professional negligence, insolvencies and property-related claims. He appears regularly in the High Courts of South Africa representing clients.
Tom Power is an associate member of Addington Chambers. Tom Power is a practising barrister as well as being an associate of the Irish Taxation Institute. Prior to practising at the bar, Tom worked as a tax consultant/director for 13 years with Deloitte Touche, Chapman Flood, PricewaterhouseCoopers and HLB Nathans, while also lecturing/tutoring law and tax for a number of colleges and bodies, including the Law Society, Dublin City University, University College Cork, Cork Institute of Technology, Institute of Bankers, Irish Taxation Institute and ACCA. Tom has also co-authored the Irish Taxation Institutes stamp duty book, The Law and Practice of Irish Stamp Duty.
Dominic is an associate member of Addington Chambers. While Dominic practises in all areas relating to tax and trusts, he has a particular interest in international tax and contentious trust matters.
In addition to taxation and trusts, Dominic’s advisory, arbitration and litigation practice includes the areas of construction & engineering, data protection, information technology, insolvency, intellectual property and privacy.
Andrew Noble is an experienced dual capacity Barrister at Law, Litigator, Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Arbitrator, and is a member of the following Specialist Barrister Associations reflecting his practice as an experienced barrister⁄litigator: Chancery Bar Association, the Technology and Construction Court Bar Association, the Property Bar Association and the Professional Negligence Bar Association. Andrew is also licensed by his professional body, allowing business clients and the public to instruct him directly.
He provides specialist business clients with experienced specialist legal advice, drafting and representation⁄advocacy concerning all aspects of his practice whether involving litigation, adjudication, arbitration or ADR ⁄ mediation. Andrew appears before Judges and Arbitrators in his specialist areas of practice both in the UK and overseas.
Ross Harman is the only English barrister currently practising in South Korea. Ross advises clients on Korean commercial and corporate law generally, with a particular specialism in tax, including international tax and general tax consulting.
Ross works for Lee & Ko, which is one of the largest Korean law firms, equivalent to an English “Magic Circle” law firm. It is a full service firm, meaning it can handle practically any legal issue your business may have.
Andy joined the bar in 2019 after learning his ‘trade’ in large, international accountancy firms.
In 2011 he founded his own business providing tax advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs and private companies.
Andy hopes that he can bring his own commercial experience, and strong problem-solving skills, to advising his clients at the bar. He believes that all clients should get clear advice that should be delivered in plain English.
Raphael is an associate member of Addington Chambers.
Raphael’s main areas of expertise are cross-border tax schemes, corporate reorganisations and evaluating the tax impacts on Financial and Capital Markets (issuance, redemption and conversion of securities of local and non-resident investors).
Raphael also has extensive expertise in providing advice on international and cross-border tax aspects of M&A transactions (corporate reorganizations, incorporation of special purpose vehicles and investment funds) and offering tailor-made advice on international tax planning schemes for HNWIs and UHWNIs.
Due to his accounting (IFRS) background as well as SAP experience. Raphael is also comfortable discussing advanced tax accounting topics and offering assertive advice on tax developments of complex accounting procedures involving financial instruments and cross-border investments.
