Ximena Montes Manzano
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 3 : Tax
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Band 3
About
Provided by Ximena Montes Manzano
Practice Areas
Ximena Montes Manzano is a highly-regarded tax litigator. She has wide experience of group litigation and appears for taxpayers in multi-day proceedings in the tax tribunals and higher courts (including Judicial Review challenges against HMRC). Her client list features corporates, partnerships, owner-managed businesses, media personalities and HNW individuals.
Recent successes include defending taxpayers who participated in historical EBT/ contractor loan arrangements against unreasonable and disproportionate information notices and substantial penalties for alleged deliberately inaccurate returns.
Ximena also has conduct of a number of high-profile IR35 appeals, appeared as junior counsel for Atholl House Productions Ltd (Kaye Adams) in the Court of Appeal and is currently instructed in the remittal of the case to the Upper Tribunal.
In addition to her technical ability, clients commend her remarkable attention to detail, common sense approach and commercial insight when giving strategic advice and throughout the course of litigation.
Professional Memberships
Revenue Bar Association
Administrative Law Bar Association
Bar Council’s Direct Access Panel
Publications
Main Residence Relief – 3rd edition – Claritax