Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP

Tax Disputes

Paul Farmer is a Barrister and was a founding partner in Joseph Hage Aaronson’s tax litigation team. Paul entered practice in 2002 with a broad background in European law and international tax law after holding senior positions at the European Court of Justice (Chambers of Advocate General Sir Francis Jacob) and European Commission (Head of Direct Taxation). Paul’s practice focuses on contentious matters and he has broad experience of litigation in the UK courts at all levels and in the European Court of Justice, where he has regularly appeared over the years. He is known internationally as a leading expert in the field of European tax law, having co-authored a major textbook on the subject, and works for both UK and foreign clients.

Highlights of Paul’s work over the last couple of years include:

Three Supreme Court hearings and proceedings in the UK tribunals;

Representing an EU multinational in a state aid matter before the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court and in proceedings before the European Commission;

Representing an EU multinational in an ECJ reference from the Danish courts concerning an unlawful withholding tax and assisting its Danish lawyers with the ensuing proceedings in the Danish courts;

Representing an EU multinational in connection with the ECJ reference in the Lexel case on Swedish tax avoidance rules; and

Assisting Swedish lawyers in (Koebler) State liability proceedings in the Swedish administrative courts