Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 2

Tax

London (Bar)

5 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

Tax: Private Client

London (Bar)

4 Years Ranked

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Provided by Ben Elliott

UK Bar

Career

Ben is a highly-regarded junior with a broad tax practice encompassing both litigation & advisory work across a wide range of industry sectors, including large multinationals, owner-managed businesses & high-net worth individuals.

His specialisms include corporate, private client, indirect tax and judicial review.

He acts/advises in commercial/ and chancery proceedings with tax aspects, including cases concerning professional negligence, trusts, partnerships, insolvency, family law, and property conveyancing, and cases concerning crypto digital and blockchain assets.

Ben regularly appears in significant cases, including before the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Court of Justice of the European Union. Recent high-profile cases include Align Technology Switzerland GmbH [2025] UKFTT 462 (TC), MR Currell Ltd [2024] UKUT 00404 (TCC), B&M Retail Limited [2024] UKUT 00409, JD Wetherspoon PLC [2025] UKFTT 658 (TC), Redevco Properties UK1 Limited & Trustees of the Panico Panayi Accumulation and Maintenance Settlements [2024] UKUT 00319 (TCC), HMRC v Payroll & Pension Services (PPS Umbrella Company) Limited Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 995, Brown [2024] EWCA Civ 92, Telent Technology Services Limited Ltd [2024] UKUT 00183, Fisher [2023] UKSC 44, Murphy & Linnett [2023] EWCA Civ 497 and Gallaher Ltd (Case C-707/20).

Ben is the editor/co-author of the Tax Litigation Handbook and author of the tax chapters in Sport: Law and Practice (Lewis and Taylor). The legal directories describe him as “technically brilliant and very hard-working”, “an excellent advocate whose style combines attention to detail with persuasive force” and a “formidable advocate.”

Full profile: https://www.pumptax.com/barrister/ben-elliott/

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Tax: Private Client - London (Bar)

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Ben Elliott is a well-regarded junior who frequently handles complex tax cases. Elliott appears, led and unled, in major private client tax litigation and is developing expertise in the taxation of cryptocurrency assets.


Tax - London (Bar)

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Ben Elliott is a junior with an extensive practice who acts led and unled in cases at all levels of the UK courts system. He has expertise in handling a vast array of cases including those relating to employment and payroll taxes, corporate tax and EU tax law.

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