Expertise

David has acted on numerous high-profile tax cases before the courts and Tax Tribunal. In addition to his vast experience in HMRC litigation, David acts in high profile group actions involving professional negligence and mis-selling and other tax-related commercial litigation.

In addition to David’s substantial tax practice, David has acted in numerous public law cases, many arising from his tax client base. These have included two judicial review challenges which proceeded to the Supreme Court (Prudential and Davies and James/Gaines-Cooper), and one to the Court of Appeal (Shiner). David also acted in the States of Jersey’s judicial review against the UK Government, widely covered in the media at the time.

David is the firm’s Money Laundering Compliance Officer.

Recognition

• Chambers and Partners says: “David is a highly effective litigator who combines in-depth experience of the tax and financial services sectors with first-class litigation skills.” Sources describe him as “a highly effective litigator who combines in-depth experience of the tax and financial services sectors with first-class litigation skills.”
• Legal 500 ranks David in Contentious Tax, Professional Negligence (Leading Individual) and Group actions. He is described as “very client-friendly, responsive and knowledgeable”
• David is Top Recommended by the Spear’s guide to the best Tax Lawyers Index for his work acting for families, businesses and large corporates.

Publications and media

David has been quoted in the Financial Times and The Times in relation to proceedings brought by him acting on behalf of investors against Ingenious Media. He has also written extensively for specialist publications including Tax Journal.