Ranked in 4 Practice Areas

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Tax

London (Bar)

16 Years Ranked

Star Individuals

Tax: Indirect Tax

London (Bar)

11 Years Ranked

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Band 1

Rating & Valuation

All Circuits

6 Years Ranked

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Band 3

Tax: Private Client

London (Bar)

6 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Hui Ling McCarthy KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Corporate tax, VAT, SDLT and rating. Cases include: WTGIL (2025, CA, VAT, insurance), GE Financial Investments (2024, CA, Double Tax Treaty), Dettori (UT, privacy), Barclays (FtT, VAT grouping) , BTR Core Fund JPUT (2024, FtT SDLT), LG Park (2023, CA, SDLT), Target (2023, SC, VAT, finance), Dollar (2023, UT, VAT grouping), Church of Scientology (2023, UT, rating), HSBC (2022, UT, VAT grouping), emerchantpay (2022, FtT, VAT, finance), Tooth (2021, SC, discovery), Charman (2021, CA, employment taxes, options), Payne (2020, CA, employment taxes), Safestore (2020, UK, VAT, insurance), Derry (2019, SC, claims), Telereal Trillium (2019, SC, rating), Fortyseven Park Street (2019, CA, VAT, property), Tesco (2019, UT, VAT, Clubcard) , N Brown Group (2019, FtT, VAT, partial exemption), Project Blue (2018, SC, SDLT), Tager (2018, CA, penalties), Raftopoulou (2018, CA, jurisdiction), Degorce (2017, CA, film finance), Lobler (2015, UT, disproportionality). Clients include banks, hedge funds, card providers, energy companies, oil industry, insurers, REITs, property development / investment companies and UHNWIs. Current work includes VAT grouping; VAT exemption (predominantly finance and insurance); zero-rating; capital allowances; R&D; Double Tax Treaties; management expenses; unallowable purpose; transfer pricing; CIR; pensions; LLP salaried member rules; NICs including “Host Employer” Regs; Part 7A; SDLT concerning partnerships, unit trusts and s.75A. Also acts for HMRC in some of their most high-profile and substantial litigation.

Career

Called 2005. Silk 2018. Bencher 2018, Inner Temple. Formerly a corporate finance analyst at a US investment bank. Mathematics BSc (dunelm).

Professional Memberships

CEDR-accredited mediator; Chairman of the CIOT's Dispute Resolution and Litigation Group; ATT (Fellow).

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Tax - London (Bar)

Star Individuals
Individual Editorial

Hui Ling McCarthy KC is a highly rated silk who specialises in VAT, corporate and business tax matters. She has represented clients at every level of the domestic courts and is well versed in advising corporates on employment taxes.


Tax: Indirect Tax - London (Bar)

Star Individuals
Individual Editorial

Hui Ling McCarthy KC is a highly praised silk who is lauded for her dedication to tax cases and is particularly well known for her expertise in complex, high-value VAT and Stamp Duty Land Tax matters. She regularly assists HMRC with some of its most significant indirect tax issues and has also developed a strong taxpayer-side practice.


Rating & Valuation - All Circuits

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Band 1
Individual Editorial

Hui Ling McCarthy KC is a well-regarded silk with extensive experience acting on rating and valuation matters for the Valuation Office Agency. She frequently appears in the Supreme Court and has been involved in complex litigation concerning the rateable values of assets such as office buildings and professional sports clubs.


Tax: Private Client - London (Bar)

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Hui Ling McCarthy KC of 11 New Square is highly sought after for her tax litigation expertise. McCarthy is a highly rated advocate for complex tax cases.

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