I am a Senior Associate in the Tax Disputes team at Francis Wilks & Jones. My focus is always on securing the best possible outcome for clients facing complex or high-stakes disputes with HMRC. Whether negotiating settlement or preparing for trial, I guide clients through what can be a stressful and fast-moving process by giving clear, realistic and commercially grounded advice.
I have extensive experience acting in both standard and complex tax litigation for individuals and businesses under HMRC investigation or seeking to challenge decisions made against them. My work includes advising high-net-worth individuals and businesses with turnovers exceeding £10 million, often in matters involving significant financial exposure and intricate technical issues.
My expertise includes:
• Representing clients in complex tax litigation before the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal.
• Challenging and appealing HMRC decisions, including penalties, registrations and revocations.
• Advising high-value businesses and high-net-worth individuals facing detailed HMRC scrutiny.
• Obtaining interim relief to reinstate revoked registrations or licences, enabling clients to continue trading during their appeals.
• Negotiating commercially sensible settlements in cases where litigation is high-risk or disproportionate.
• Working alongside leading senior and junior counsel in reported and technically significant cases.
Clients value my pragmatic approach, commercial awareness and ability to manage difficult situations with calm and clarity. As noted in The Legal 500, I am a “pure-quality strategist” and “a pleasure to work with… she really gets to the heart of the issues and is not unsettled easily in the often rough and tumble world of litigation”.
I aim to provide clients with certainty, direction and a strategy they can depend on, whatever the scale or complexity of their dispute.
Prompt, personal service with a great team who resolved our issue within a couple of days. The FWJ team were very professional and answered any questions along the way. I would definitely recommend!
A client for whom we achieved a successful outcome
