Edward Hellier

Called 2017

Ed is regularly instructed both as Junior Counsel and in his own right on a wide variety of matters: he has appeared in the Court of Appeal, High Court, and the Tax Tribunals in both direct and indirect tax cases. He also has a busy advisory practice and is instructed by individuals and businesses on anything from domestic SDLT issues to international tax questions.

Prior to joining Chambers Ed read History at Oxford and spent a year in the tax department of a firm of city solicitors. He continues to be an enthusiastic sportsman, although he has come to the realisation that his talents lie more in the courtroom than on the sports field

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Among other areas he has experience in:

VAT matters including: partial exemption; single and multiple supplies; and reduced rates and exemptions (such as the land exemption and the reduced rate for energy-saving materials);
IHT matters including Business Property Relief;
SDLT matters including: substantial performance and contracts providing for conveyance to a third party; and Multiple Dwellings Relief;
Business rates and council tax;
Entrepreneurs’ Relief and the Substantial Shareholding Exemption;
Corporation tax matters including those concerning Double Taxation Conventions;
Follower Notices and Accelerated Penalty Notices;
Penalties; and
Procedural matters and the application of the TMA 1970.

Ed is a member of the Revenue Bar Association, and has previously been a member of the IFS’s Tax Law Review Committee. He accepts instructions to act and advise on the full range of Chambers’ practice areas both as Junior Counsel and on his own.

Current work:

Amongst other matters, Ed is currently working on cases concerning SDLT, VAT on energy saving materials, and capital allowances. He is also involved in a project concerning the taxation of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.

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