Jolyon Maugham joins Devereux Chambers from 11 New Square
Devereux Chambers continues to expand its pool of specialist tax counsel with the arrival of Jolyon Maugham from 11 New Square. Jolyon has a predominantly litigation based practice in the fields of direct and indirect tax. He has particular expertise in employment taxation, ‘scheme’ transactions, intangible property, legitimate expectation, abuse of rights and film financing. Earlier this year he was appointed by the Attorney-General directly onto the “A” Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. Jolyon’s recent cases include Patrick Degorce, Eclipse Film Partners and the £300m Icebreaker litigation in which he was unled.
Speaking about Jolyon Maugham’s arrival, Ingrid Simler QC, Head of Chambers, said, “We are very pleased that Jolyon is able to join us. He is a valuable addition to our established tax team and will add to what Chambers can offer in tax and other financial and commercial work.”
Commenting on his move Jolyon Maugham said “I am delighted to join Devereux. It is an excellent base from which to develop my practice, acting for both taxpayers and HMRC.”
Important recent cases include:
Vaccine Research Limited Partnership [2013] UKFTT 73 (TC)
Patrick Degorce [2013] UKFTT 178 (TC)
R (oao Cameron) v HMRC [2012] EWHC 1174 (Admin)
Eclipse Film Partners No 35 LLP [2012] UKFTT 270 TC
Halcyon [2010] STC 1125 (CA)
Micro Fusion [2010] STC 1541 (CA)
Lower Mill Estate [2011] STC 636 (UT)
Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logsitics Limited v HMRC [2011] STC 576
Proteus and Samarkand [2011] UKFTT 610 (TC) (FTT)
Prudential v HMRC (CA) [2009] STC 2459
Fleming [2008] STC 324 (HL)
Jolyon recently appeared unled on behalf of the partners in the £300m Icebreakerlitigation.
Jolyon is a graduate of the University of Durham (LLB: European Legal Studies, First Class) and Birkbeck College, London (MA: Modern Literature, Distinction) and is a Queen Mother’s Scholar (Middle Temple). He is the Revenue Bar Association’s representative on the Bar Council and he sits on the Bar Council’s Equality and Diversity Committee.
Devereux Chambers undertakes major tax cases for and against HMRC. Recent examples include the headline Supreme Court cases of Gaines-Cooper v HMRC and Davis and James v HMRC; and in the Court of Appeal : Mertrux v HMRC and Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics Ltd v HMRC, as well as a series of successes concerning tax avoidance in the employment field. Members of Chambers advise and appear both for taxpayers and for the Crown, for foreign governments and for other regulatory authorities.
The Devereux tax team now looks like this: