Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
The Devereux tax group covers a broad range of contentious and non-contentious tax matters, and benefits from internal strength in core areas such as employment, commercial disputes and professional negligence. Members are regularly active for HMRC, but appear for both taxpayers and the government at all levels of the courts. Felicity Cullen KC advises owner managed businesses on complex international matters. Crossing over with his employment and sports expertise, Akash Nawbatt KC appeared before the Supreme Court in HMRC v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, on the employment status and tax treatment of professional football referees. Aparna Nathan KC utilised capital allowances expertise as sole counsel for HMRC in Cheshire Cavity Storage 1 Limited, EDF Energy v HMRC, while Christopher Stone KC has a highly active disputes practice. Glenn Billenness was appointed director of clerking and business development in 2023.
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Testimonials
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- 'Clerks are responsive and helpful - very easy to deal with.'
- 'Glenn Billeness - nice guy, approachable and down-to-earth and all in all a very decent guy. Knows our needs and makes the right recommendations for us, always going the extra mile.'
- 'The clerks, Glenn Billeness in particular, are proactive and have a great understanding of their barristers; matching needs with experience perfectly in all of their recommendations.'
- 'Glenn Billeness is fantastic. He is responsive, a delight to work with and always happy to try and accommodate urgent requests.'
- 'In recent years, Devereux has built one of the pre-eminent tax practices in London, which has considerable strength in depth. They now rank alongside the very best specialist tax sets.'
- 'Devereux is, in my view, one of the best Tax chambers out there. The people in the tax practice are of the highest quality in and out of court.'
- 'I instruct the silks at Devereux regularly, it is a broad tax set with a wealth of experience and talent.'
- 'Devereux is a market leading tax set with a great breadth of experience.'
- 'Their cross-over into employee tax and the increasingly complex world of self-employment, and their experience with HMRC and tax tribunal matters, makes them a very strong set here.'
Silks
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
2Hall of fameChambers of Andrew Burns KC
– ‘Aparna is one of the cleverest - and nicest - tax silks: she is a joy to work with. Her knowledge and understanding of the technical requirements of tax charges and reliefs are second-to-none.’
2024 Silks
Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
‘Chris is an able and clear advocate. His written advocacy is simple to follow and well drafted his oral advocacy is fluid and confident, he is agile when questioned by the judge.’
Juniors
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
‘Excellent technical knowledge, strategic insight and judgement.’
2Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
‘Marika is simply one of the best juniors at the tax Bar. She has an attention to detail that is second-to-none, an encyclopedic knowledge of tax law, and a wonderfully empathetic client manner.’
2Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
‘Very strong technical expertise, the ability to think creatively, excellent commercial awareness, very responsive and willing to go the extra mile, a real pleasure to work with.’
3Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
'Josh is commercially minded and provides sensible advice on the merits of a case. He is a passionate and compelling advocate with creativity in his approach.'
3Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
'Very clear, analytical thinking, well expressed in writing. Georgia has a very good appreciation of the relevant legal principles and their application in the context of complex statutory codes.'
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
‘Excellent technical knowledge, strategic insight and judgement.’
2Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
‘Marika is simply one of the best juniors at the tax Bar. She has an attention to detail that is second-to-none, an encyclopedic knowledge of tax law, and a wonderfully empathetic client manner.’
2Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
‘Very strong technical expertise, the ability to think creatively, excellent commercial awareness, very responsive and willing to go the extra mile, a real pleasure to work with.’
3Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
'Josh is commercially minded and provides sensible advice on the merits of a case. He is a passionate and compelling advocate with creativity in his approach.'
3Chambers of Andrew Burns KC
'Very clear, analytical thinking, well expressed in writing. Georgia has a very good appreciation of the relevant legal principles and their application in the context of complex statutory codes.'