Barristers

Jennifer Newstead-Taylor

Jennifer Newstead-Taylor

Position

Jennifer Newstead Taylor specialises in Business and Property with a specific emphasis on Insolvency, Tax and Commercial Litigation.

Insolvency Jennifer has a wide range of advisory and advocacy experience in both personal and corporate insolvency.

Corporate Insolvency setting aside statutory demands, contested winding up petitions, injunctions restraining presentation and/or advertisement of petitions, transaction avoidance, s.216 applications (prohibited names), administration orders and extensions of administration orders and directors disqualifications.

Personal Insolvency bankruptcy orders following failed IVAs, contested bankruptcy petitions, annulment applications, suspensions of discharge, bankruptcy restriction orders, orders for possession and sale and transaction avoidance.

Tax Jennifer conducts interim and final MTIC tribunal hearings and successfully represented the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in the case of: H S Tank & Sons Ltd v Revenue & Customs Commissioners (2012) [2013] UKFTT 777 (TC)

She also undertakes VAT tribunal hearings on substantive issues and costs.

Commercial Jennifer’s commercial practice involves advisory and advocacy work across all aspects of the commercial arena. Jennifer regularly acts in contractual disputes ranging from banking disputes, the sale and supply of goods, construction contracts, debt and consumer credit.

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Chancery, probate, and tax

Leading junior2
Jennifer Newstead-Taylor – 18 St John Street Chambers ‘Jennifer is incredibly approachable. She has a brilliant mind and can take in huge amounts of information and distil it down.'
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Company and insolvency

Leading junior1
Jennifer Newstead-Taylor – 18 St John Street Chambers