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Robert Venables KC

Barrister

"Robert Venables KC is a barrister with a strong
advisory practice and equally extensive litigation
experience before English courts, foreign courts and
the Privy Council. He is a former chair of the Revenue
Bar Association and the author of numerous books on
taxation. He is particularly strong on IHT planning and
offshore tax issues"

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Oct 28, 2024 Analysis

Robert Venables, senior tax KC, is being prosecuted by HMRC for tax evasion

Robert Venables KC is the most senior barrister at Old Square Tax Chambers, one of the leading specialist tax chambers. HMRC is alleging Mr Venables evaded nine years’ tax in his personal tax returns. Tax evasion (technically “cheating the revenue”) is a criminal offence. Tax avoidance is not. The key difference is that tax evasion […]

JUSTICE 2018 Solution of
Robert Venables Q.C.
Specification

Revised to 12 November 2018

Outline of What The Solution is Intended to Achieve in What Circumstances
The Scenario and Solution in Outline

The Scenario and the Problem

May 23, 2024 Investigations

The KC who sold a hopeless tax avoidance scheme without declaring a conflict of interest

Robert Venables KC has a reputation for providing tax avoidance scheme promoters with convenient opinions that their schemes work. The courts usually disagree. But on one occasion he went further – in 2018 he promoted a loan charge avoidance scheme where his client was a company called “Citadel Limited”. The scheme was promoted to desperate […]