Practice Areas
George is a commercial barrister specialising in tax disputes, professional negligence and insolvency. He combines heavy-weight advocacy experience with in-depth tax and commercial knowledge.
Professional Negligence
George is routinely instructed as sole or leading junior counsel in multi-million pound claims against accountants, tax advisers, IFAs and solicitors. He has a particular interest in claims arising from negligent tax and financial advice and failed property investment schemes.
Tax Disputes
George “cut his teeth” in-house with HMRC before moving to independent practice. He represented HMRC as a member of the Attorney-General’s Panel between 2008-2021 but now concentrates on advising businesses and private clients. His main areas of expertise are employment-related taxes, CGT, IHT, VAT, judicial review, avoidance schemes and penalties.
Insolvency
George is routinely instructed as sole or leading junior counsel in multi-million pound proceedings against directors and shareholders. He has a particular interest in cases with overlapping tax and insolvency issues, such as misfeasance claims arising from failed tax avoidance schemes.
Cases:
£20m negligence claim against promoter of EBT tax scheme
£10m bribery and negligence claim against accountants and solicitors in respect of 14 tax schemes
Defending £5m misfeasance claim against directors who used an EBT tax scheme.
Acting for liquidators in £2m misfeasance claim against directors who used failed tax schemes
£5m claim against solicitors over defective share purchase agreement
