Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Tax: Private Client - London (Bar)
What the Team is Known For
5 Stone Buildings is a strong traditional chancery set with an impressive and complementary private client tax practice.
Strengths
Paul Jennings is a great clerk. He is very responsive and always manages to find time for us to see them. 5 Stone is a very good clerking set.
5 Stone's responsiveness is excellent. You are never left wondering where matters have got to.
Notable practitioners
Amanda Hardy KC is highly rated for her tax expertise. Hardy's practice encompasses direct and indirect taxation, including offshore trusts and other foreign tax structures.
Amanda is empathetic and technically brilliant.
Amanda Hardy is excellent. She is pragmatic, knowledgeable and sensitive to the clients' needs.
Amanda is rapidly becoming a go-to choice for complex private client matters. She is an excellent intellectual ally with a very well-judged manner with clients.
Amanda is extremely strong and good in the courtroom.
Oliver Marre is a highly regarded tax junior. Marre's practice has a strong focus on private client tax matters, and he is often instructed as sole counsel on tax litigation.
Oliver is responsive, knowledgeable and commercial.
Oliver is personable, empathetic and technically brilliant.
Sam Chandler is experienced in tax litigation and regularly appears before the tax tribunals and appeals courts at all levels. Chandler also advises on tax and trusts matters.
Sam Chandler is very tactical, clever and easy to work with. He is a good barrister who knows the law and has good tactical awareness, which is important in large litigation matters.
I rate Sam highly. He will work hard to get it done and he is very user-friendly.
Ruth Hughes KC is widely regarded for traditional chancery and tax matters, and is often instructed by the Revenue.
Ruth will burn the midnight oil if something needs to be done, and she will get it done meticulously.