Ximena accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers expertise from Solicitors, Accountants, Tax Advisers and other professionals under Licensed Access.
Ximena is qualified to take direct instructions from members of the public and intermediaries under the Public Access Scheme in appropriate cases.
Ximena was called to the Bar in 2004, successfully completed a pupillage in a prestigious public law set of Chambers and started practising tax in 2007.
Since joining Chambers, Ximena has taken a keen interest in all aspects of tax law with a focus on litigation and dispute resolution. Ximena has represented taxpayers in direct and indirect tax appeals in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal as well as Judicial Review proceedings and appeals to Higher Courts. Ximena was also appointed and appeared as a First-tier Tribunal Advocate (Amicus Curiae) in a test case about the nature and effect of a P800 form and the Tribunal's jurisdiction to hear public law arguments.
Ximena has been instructed three times (in 2010, 2013 and 2015) by the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the Association of Taxation Technicians and the joint professional bodies' working party on Professional Conduct to review and advise on the draft guidance on "Professional Conduct in relation to Taxation". In addition to insight on professional conduct matters, Ximena also has expertise on all areas of professional negligence with emphasis on limitation, date of knowledge, causation and mitigation issues.
Ximena is joint editor of the leading textbook Tiley & Collison's UK Tax Guide, a technical editor of CCH's Red and Green Books, a co-author of CCH's The General Anti-Abuse Rule 2013-2014 and an author in Taxation, Tax Adviser and Personal Tax Planning Review journals.
In addition, Ximena won the Rising Star category in the 2014 LexisNexisTaxationAwards.
Fluent Spanish.
· Registered member of the Bar Pro Bono Unit
· Previous member of the College of Law Legal Advice Centre
· Member of the Administrative Law Bar Association
· Member of the Revenue Bar Association
· Student Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation
· BSc (Town and Country Planning) - University College London - 2003
· Post Graduate Diploma in Law - The College of Law, London - 2003
· Bar Vocational Course - The College of Law, London - 2004
· Call to the Bar - Middle Temple - 2004
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