George Rowell
Call 2004 (Lincoln Inn)
Qualifications MA (Oxon), Dip. Law (Distinction), MA in Law
Professional Memberships Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn; Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional Panel)
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Background
George grew up in Cornwall. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and City University in London. After pupillage and a tenancy on the South Eastern Circuit, he returned to the West Country and joined St John’s Chambers in 2008.
George is a member of the Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. He can therefore undertake civil work on behalf of all Government departments and related public bodies.
Areas of Practice
Tax
George trained in-house with HMCE and HMRC before moving to private practice. He is regularly instructed both for and against HMRC in tax tribunal appeals. He is currently instructed as sole counsel on tax appeals worth up to £7.6 million and as junior counsel on appeals worth up to £30 million, as well as a variety of smaller cases. He is a regular speaker at seminars organised by local firms, law societies, CIOT branches, etc.
George specialises in the following areas:
- VAT disputes involving businesses, charities and unincorporated associations
- Tax penalties
- Disputes over employment-related taxes involving businesses, directors and high-earning employees
- Disputes and advisory work relating to inheritance tax and capital gains tax on behalf of private clients
Commercial
George has experience in a wide range of commercial matters, including:
- Partnership disputes
- Employees’ and directors’ restrictive covenants
- Civil fraud
- Freezing injunctions
- Contract
- Insolvency
- Landlord & tenant disputes (commercial and residential)
- Professional negligence
He is particularly fond of commercial and chancery disputes with a tax dimension.
Equity, Trusts, Probate and Inheritance
George undertakes advocacy and advisory work for private clients. His principal areas of work are:
- Division of assets between cohabitants
- Co-ownership and trusts of land
- Validity and construction of wills and settlements
- Proprietary Estoppel
- Administration of estates and trusts
- Inheritance tax and capital gains tax issues relating to estates and trusts
Direct Access
George is qualified to undertake Direct Access work in appropriate cases, for further information, please visit our Direct Access page.
