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Provided by David Pickstone
Tax Litigation and Resolution
David joined Stewarts as a partner in 2014 to establish the Tax Litigation and Resolution department having spent 10 years as a tax litigation lawyer at PwC Legal.
David has been quoted in the Financial Times and The Times in relation to proceedings brought by him acting on behalf of investors against Ingenious Media. He has also written extensively for specialist publications including Tax Journal.
Lead the Ingenious Litigation, acting for 360 claimants on claims arising from investments in various tax-efficient investment vehicles focused on films and video games. The case was listed in the Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2018 and 2022.
Supervising partner for numerous other actions, including the Eclipse litigation and McLean v Thornhill case.
Running the Prudential privilege litigation from the High Court to Supreme Court.
Acting in the Littlewoods compound interest litigation before the High Court.
Conducting the Stamp Taxes Group Litigation Order for the claimants.
Acting for a number of FTSE100 companies in the FII and dividend Group Litigation Orders.
Acting in the residency judicial review Davies and James/Gaines-Cooper, which also reached the Supreme Court.
David has acted on numerous high-profile tax cases before the courts and Tax Tribunals. In addition to his vast experience in HMRC litigation, David acts in high profile group actions involving professional negligence and mis-selling and other tax-related commercial litigation.
In addition to David’s substantial tax practice, David has acted in numerous public law cases, many arising from his tax client base. These have included two judicial review challenges which proceeded to the Supreme Court (Prudential and Davies & James / Gaines-Cooper), and one to the Court of Appeal (Shiner). David also acted in the States of Jersey’s judicial review against the UK government, widely covered in the media at the time.
Provided by Chambers
David Pickstone is head of tax litigation at Stewarts. He has deep experience handling cases for corporate clients, and he regularly works on VAT disputes and other commercial litigation.
Provided by Chambers
David had oversight and helped get the case team established in the beginning.
David is able to articulate complex matters simply for the benefit of clients and has sound tactical awareness when dealing with HMRC.
David is really, really good and took a very pragmatic view.
David had real knowledge of the scientific analysis and he was able to get on top of that and deliver.
David had oversight and helped get the case team established in the beginning.
David is able to articulate complex matters simply for the benefit of clients and has sound tactical awareness when dealing with HMRC.
David is really, really good and took a very pragmatic view.
David had real knowledge of the scientific analysis and he was able to get on top of that and deliver.
