Timothy Brennan QC elected to succeed Ingrid Simler QC as Head of Devereux
Devereux Chambers has announced that Timothy Brennan QC has been elected to succeed Ingrid Simler QC as Head of Chambers. He takes up the position on Monday 21 October 2013.
Ingrid Simler QC steps down following her appointment to the High Court bench; she takes up that appointment on Monday 28 October 2013.
Timothy Brennan QC practises public and commercial litigation in the High Court and above and in statutory and domestic tribunals. His main areas of work are tax and other commercial litigation, judicial review and other public law litigation, employment and discrimination. He occasionally accepts instructions outside these fields.
He has particular familiarity with employment remuneration and is frequently engaged in litigation and advice concerning taxation of employment income, remuneration structures, bonuses, employment related securities, third party employment income, employment status, benefits and statutory rights.
He has appeared in a number of disciplinary cases concerning the behaviour of professionals in the fields of medicine, law and education.
Timothy Brennan is authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division, the Administrative Court and the Chancery Division. He sits as a Recorder in the Crown Court.
He has also been a part-time Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
He is a contributing editor of ‘Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law’ (LexisNexis).
He is experienced in a wide range of business, financial and employment matters, particularly those involving technical questions of statutory construction.
Recent notable cases include:
Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher [2011] UKSC 41 (employment status, ‘sham’ substitution and ‘no obligation’ clauses, whether employee, worker, or independent contractor)
Yukos v Russia [2011] STC 1988 (ECHR, tax fraud, Art 6, Art 1 Protocol 1)
R (Prudential plc) v Special Commissioner [2010] EWCA Civ 1094 (statutory investigation powers; no legal professional privilege for accountants giving tax advice)
HM Revenue & Customs v Smallwood [2010] EWCA Civ 778, [2010] STC 2045 (tax avoidance through double tax treaties; place of effective management and the ‘Round the World Scheme’)